cms_VT: 41

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.

Data source: Big Local News · About: big-local-datasette

This data as json, copyable

rowid facility_name facility_id address city state zip inspection_date deficiency_tag scope_severity complaint standard eventid inspection_text filedate
41 BURLINGTON HEALTH & REHAB 475014 300 PEARL STREET BURLINGTON VT 5401 2019-05-01 842 D 1 0 IOQ211 **NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY** > Based upon record review and interview, the facility failed to assure that 1 of 2 resident health records was accurately documented by the social work staff. (Resident #2). Finding include: 1. Per record review, Resident #2's care plan completed by the Social Worker (SW) dated 4/8/19, states Resident #2 has impaired/decline in cognitive function or impaired thought processes related to a condition other than [MEDICAL CONDITION]. The interventions include monitor conditions that may contribute to cognitive loss/dementia, including metabolic causes, respiratory problems, [MEDICAL CONDITION], delusions, hallucinations, psychiatric disorder, poor nutrition, hearing or vision impairment, new/acute heath problem, head injury, pain fever, dehydration or alcohol withdrawal. Evaluate needs for psych/behavioral health consult. Per record review of the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS), which was completed upon admission by the social worker, states Resident # 2 has a score of 15. BIMS is used to obtain a snapshot of how well a person is functioning at the moment. A score of 13-15 is cognitively intact. SW stated that Resident #2 was mentally alert and cognitively intact. Per staff interview, the SW confirmed on 4/30/19 at 8:15 AM that the care plan for Resident #2 was inaccurate as written on 4/8/19 and the resident was mentally alert and cognitively intact. The SW did not correct the inaccurate documentation in the care plan prior to Resident #2's discharge on 4/25/19. SW stated the computer generated care plan auto populates and staff completing the care plan need to make adjustments as needed. Stated she/he should have revised the care plan. 2020-09-01