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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
21	AVANTARA HURON	435020	1345 MICHIGAN AVENUE SW	HURON	SD	57350	2019-05-09	574	E	0	1	L4FS11	Based on observation, interview, and policy review, the provider failed to ensure the ombudsman and South Dakota Department of Health information had been posted in a location accessible to the residents, visitors and families. Findings include: 1. Interview with the resident group on 5/8/19 from 10:00 a.m. through 10:30 a.m. revealed: The residents were unaware of where to find contact information for the Ombudsman. The residents were not aware they could contact the South Dakota Department of Health directly. Observation on 5/8/19 between 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. revealed: The ombudsman's contact information was posted in the foyer of the front door. -The resident's were not able to access this without the assistance of staff. The door from the inside of the building required a code to open. The ombudsman's contact information was also posted down [NAME] wing on a door. -That information was at eye level when standing. -It would not have been accessible to read from a wheelchair. Interview on 5/8/19 at 11:40 a.m. with the regional ombudsman revealed: She had asked for the ombudsman information to have been placed down each hallway. She had asked for the ombudsman information to be more available to the residents. The ombudsman contact information was only available in the foyer, that had a secured door from the inside of the facility going out into the foyer. Interview of 5/8/19 at 2:48 p.m. with the social service director and the social service assistant P revealed: There were cards in their office for the ombudsman and the poster was in the foyer. They agreed the residents could not access the poster with the ombudsman's contact information. Interview on 5/8/19 at 2:58 p.m. with the administrator revealed: The ombudsman's contact information was posted in the front foyer and on [NAME] wing by the back door. She agreed residents would need help to access the ombudsman's contact information in the foyer. She was not aware of the ombudsman asking the facility to have her contact information more accessible. Review of the provider's 3/31/18 Resident Rights policy revealed: Resident's have the right to Communicate with outside agencies (e.g., local, state, or federal officials, state and federal surveyors, state long-term care ombudsman, protections or advocacy organizations, ect.) regarding any matter.	2020-09-01