Every staff member working in a nursing facility has a legal and ethical responsibility to provide each resident with the highest level of care according to established standards of quality. Unfortunately, many nursing facilities do not follow established procedures and protocols that prevent injuries, accidents, and the development of life-threatening pressure wounds.
If you suspect that your loved one was victimized through neglect or abuse while living in a Pittsburg County nursing facility, the Oklahoma Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys can help. Let our team of lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive financial compensation for your damages.
This long-term care home is a 60-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Hartshorne and Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. The "for profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1300 North Drive
Hartshorne, Oklahoma 74547
(918) 297-7000
Beare Manor Nursing Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Beare Manor Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes restored of care involving speech, occupational and physical therapies.
The state of Oklahoma and the federal government have the legal obligation to monitor every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if the facility has violated established nursing home regulations and rules. In serious cases, the nursing facility will receive multiple penalties if investigators find the violations are severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Beare Manor Nursing Center for $6,500 on April 05, 2018, citing substandard care. The nursing home also received one complaint and self-reported one serious problem over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations.
Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Oklahoma Long Term Care Provider Inspection Search Website.
The state of Oklahoma and federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and violations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures.
The nursing home “failed to ensure pressure ulcer assessments were completed for [two residents].” One case involved a severely, cognitively impaired resident who did not walk. The assessment “documented the resident had one Stage III pressure ulcer and one unstageable pressure ulcer.”
The survey team reviewed the resident’s Electronic Medical Record that “did not document regular assessments of the resident pressure ulcers which included measurements and descriptions of the ulcer.” The Vice President of Operations reported “the lack of a consistent Director of Nursing [at the property] had affected the frequency and accuracy of wound documentation. She stated it is the responsibility of the Director of Nursing to do weekly wound assessments.” The Vice President reported that “she was not able to verify the facility had conducted a thorough wound assessment as it had not been documented consistently.”
According to investigators, “it was determined the facility failed to report an allegation of misappropriation to the Oklahoma State Department of Health no later than twenty-four hours after the allegation was made.” The documentation shows that “the Vice President of operations identified five allegations of misappropriation/abuse in last six months.”
Some of the findings were found in the Admission Assessment for a resident dated February 15, 2018, showing that the resident “was severely cognitively impaired and required supervision for most activities of daily living.” A notation showed that the resident had corrective glasses.”
During an interview with the resident, the resident “reported her glasses were taken off her face by a lady she did not recognize. The resident stated she had not seen her glasses since. She reported she had told the staff but didn’t remember who she told or when she told him. The resident stated, ‘I sure miss my glasses.’”
On October 29, 2018, the Social Services Director stated that “she had overheard the resident tell another resident someone took her glasses. The Social Services Director said she overheard the resident say the staff had looked for the glasses and they were not found.”
The Director indicated that “she was not sure how long the glasses had been missing [and] she did not report what she heard because she thought the staff already knew the resident’s glasses were missing.”
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