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In collaboration with The Seattle Times, Big Local News is providing full-text nursing home deficiencies from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). These files contain the full narrative details of each nursing home deficiency cited regulators. The files include deficiencies from Standard Surveys (routine inspections) and from Complaint Surveys. Complete data begins January 2011 (although some earlier inspections do show up). Individual states are provides as CSV files. A very large (4.5GB) national file is also provided as a zipped archive. New data will be updated on a monthly basis. For additional documentation, please see the README.

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rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
3 LAURELHURST VILLAGE 385010 3060 SE STARK STREET PORTLAND OR 97214 2019-02-27 580 D 1 1 71NL11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based on interview and record review, it was determined the facility failed to notify the physician for fluid overload and multiple missed medications and treatments for 1 of 1 sampled resident (#199) reviewed for death. This placed residents at risk for unmet medication and treatment needs. Findings include: Resident 199 was admitted to the facility in 9/2018, with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. On 10/25/18, Resident 199 was sent to the hospital and later passed away. Resident 199's 10/1/18 signed physician orders [REDACTED]. -[MEDICATION NAME] Solution 100 unit/ml (insulin) sliding scale subcutaneously with meals for diabetes; -Aspirin 81 mg every afternoon for heart health; -Nephro-Vit (B Complex-C-Folic Acid) tablet 1 mg every afternoon; -[MEDICATION NAME] (an antidepressant) 12.5 mg every morning for [MEDICAL CONDITION]; -[MEDICATION NAME] Solution 30ml TID for hepatic [MEDICAL CONDITION] (a decline in brain function due to liver disease); -Sevelamer (a [MEDICATION NAME] binder) HCL 800 mg TID with meals; -Fluid restriction 1000 ml-1200 ml/day every shift; and -Check CBG (capillary blood glucose) BID. Resident 199's 9/2018 and 10/2018 MARs and DARs (Diabetic Administration Record) documented the following number of missed medications as out of the facility: -[MEDICATION NAME] Solution: 9/2018 - 20 times and 10/2018 - 29 times; -Aspirin: 9/2018 - eight times and 10/2018 - 15 times; -Nephro-Vit: 9/2018 - eight times and 10/2018 - 15 times; -[MEDICATION NAME]: 9/2018 - eight times and 10/2018 - 9 times; -[MEDICATION NAME] Solution: 9/2018 - 16 times and 10/2018 - 23 times; -Sevelamer: 9/2018 - 16 times and 10/2018 - 26 times; and -Check CBG BID: 9/2018 - eight times and 10/2018 - 10 times. Resident 199's 9/2018 and 10/2018 TAR and Fluid Intake Flowsheet recorded 14 days where the resident was over her/his fluid intake of 1200 ml/day. There was no documented evidence in Resident 199's clinical record the resident's physician was notified regarding her/his multiple missed medications and treatments for fluid restriction and CBG checks. In an interview on 2/27/19 at 11:25 AM, Staff 11 (LPN) stated the resident was out of the facility due to [MEDICAL TREATMENT] and other activities. Staff 11 stated for certain medications like supplements she would give the resident's medication when she/he returned. Staff 11 stated it was difficult to monitor her/his fluid restriction but would notify the physician if the resident was going over her/his restriction and if she/he was consistently missing medications. In an interview on 2/27/19 at 12:38 PM, Staff 10 (Resident Care Manager-LPN) stated she expected nurses to check Resident 199's blood sugars and administer missed medication, if appropriate, when she/he left and returned to the facility. Staff 10 stated she expected nurses to notify the resident's physician for any missed medications and any fluid overload. In an interview on 2/27/19 at 1:32 PM, Staff 2 (DNS) was informed of the lack of notification to the resident's physician for missed medications and treatments. Staff 2 confirmed Resident 199's physician should have been notified for any fluid overload and missed medications and treatments. 2020-09-01