Nursing Home Resident Assessment Profiles from MDS Records

Consolidated profiles of active nursing home residents based on Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments. It includes information on race/ethnicity, age, marital status, discharge dispositions, cognitive patterns, mood, functional abilities, diagnoses, health conditions, and medications. The data is compiled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from resident assessment records.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns in cognitive patterns and mood across different resident demographics like race/ethnicity and age.
• Model functional abilities and goals based on active diagnoses and health conditions.
• Investigate correlations between bladder and bowel status and specific medication usage.
• Profile skin conditions and oral/dental status relative to resident age and marital status.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• Covers a wide range of clinical and demographic topics including cognitive patterns, functional abilities, and active diagnoses.
• Profiles are consolidated from the most recent standard MDS assessment information for each resident.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows (resident records) and columns (features) is unknown.
• The temporal coverage and geographic scope of the nursing homes are not specified.
• The absence of sample data prevents assessment of data structure and completeness.

Provenance

Source

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Collection Method

Data is gathered from the resident's MDS assessment record and consolidated to create a profile of the most recent standard information.

Freshness

The metadata was last updated on 2026-02-23, but the actual data's temporal coverage is unknown.