cms_VT: 90

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
90 THE PINES AT RUTLAND CENTER FOR NURSING AND REHABI 475018 99 ALLEN STREET RUTLAND VT 5701 2018-06-28 921 E 0 1 WX2411 Based on observation and confirmed by staff interview, the facility failed to provide necessary housekeeping and maintenance services to maintain a sanitary, orderly and comfortable interior for 3 of the 3 units. The findings include the following: Per facility tour on all three units, in the presence of the Maintenance Director and the Housekeeping/Laundry Supervisor on 6/27/18 at 8:14 AM the following was discovered: -Numerous resident bathrooms were found with dusty bathroom exhaust vents; -Two resident commodes located in resident bathrooms were identified to be soiled with dry brown matter; -One resident who spends much of her/his time in bed, was found with a wall fan heavily caked with dust and grime and the ceiling tiles above the bed were spotted with brown matter; -One resident bathroom was found to have a ceiling tile peeling and discolored; -One resident bathroom had an exhaust fan/vent missing, the casing was caked with dust and had visible cobwebs. The vent area was not covered, and the space was vacant; -Numerous resident wheel chairs, bed side tables and equipment were found with accumulated dust and dried food splatters. A resident recliner was found with multiple tears and missing portions of the vinyl covering; -Two resident bathroom lights had bulbs that were not functioning; -In one resident room, the heating/air conditioning wall unit had a portion of the cover covered with cardboard that was taped in place with white surgical tape. The cardboard and tape were discolored. During the tour, both professionals confirmed that all of the above discovered conditions were in need of repairs and cleaning. 2020-09-01