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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 HATTIE IDE CHAFFEE HOME 415002 200 WAMPANOAG TRAIL EAST PROVIDENCE RI 2914 2019-11-08 688 D 0 1 KGGT11 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** Based on surveyor observation, record review and resident and staff interviews, it has been determined that the facility failed to ensure a resident with limited mobility receives appropriate treatment to prevent further decrease in range of motion for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for limited range of motion (ID #45). Findings are as follows: Record review revealed that Resident ID #45 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]. Further record review revealed a physician's orders [REDACTED]. Review of the care plan in place for Activities of Daily Living and Functional/Rehabilitation Potential revealed an intervention dated 11/22/2016 stating in part: .apply left hand palm protector q (every) daytime, as tolerated . Surveyor observation on the following dates and times revealed the resident without a left-hand palm protector on his/her hand: -11/7/2019 10:50 AM -11/7/2019 11:15 AM -11/7/2019 02:20 PM -11/8/2019 12:02 PM -11/8/2019 12:08 PM During a surveyor interview on 11/7/2019 at 11:34 AM with Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Staff A, she stated that the resident does not require anything on his/her hands during the day. During a surveyor interview on 11/8/2019 at 11:58 AM with the resident's assigned CNA for the day, Staff B, she stated the resident does not wear anything on his/her hands during the day and referenced a care card which is used for care instructions. Record review of the Resident's care card revealed in part, .left hand palm protector during the day as tolerated . During a surveyor interview with Resident ID #45 on 11/8/2019 at 12:02 PM, s/he stated that s/he sometimes wears something on his/her wrist during the day, but not always. During a surveyor interview on 11/8/2019 at 12:12 PM with the unit nurse, Staff C, she acknowledged that the resident should be wearing a left-hand palm protector during the day, however, she had not observed the resident wearing the palm protector for the last 2 days. 2020-09-01