Mistreatment of the elderly living in nursing homes is disgraceful, unacceptable, and reprehensible. Many families entrust the care of their loved one to the nursing home staff only to be horrified when they realize that they are being mistreated, neglected, or abused by caregivers, employees or other patients.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Creek County nursing facility, contact the Oklahoma Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing center is a "for profit" home providing services to residents of Drumright and Creek County, Oklahoma. The 133-certified bed long-term care home is located at:
Pine and Bristow
Drumright, Oklahoma 74030
(918) 352-3249
Drumright Nursing Home
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Drumright Nursing Home offers other services. Additional focused care includes medication administration, wound care, hospice, off-site activities, specialty diets, and restorative care involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Oklahoma and federal agencies have the legal responsibility of monitoring every nursing home and imposing monetary fines are denying reimbursement payments through Medicare if investigators identify serious violations and deficiencies. These penalties are typically imposed when the violation is severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, investigators imposed two monetary penalties against Drumright Nursing Home, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $18,636 fine on January 05, 2017, and a $10,725 fine on June 16, 2016, for a total of $29,361.
The nursing home also received fourteen complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Oklahoma Long Term Care Provider Inspection Search Website.
To ensure families are fully informed of the level of care every nursing home provides, the state of Oklahoma and Medicare.com routinely update their long-term care home database systems with info on violations, citations, and deficiencies.
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 three out of five stars for quality measures.
The state surveyors determined an Immediate Jeopardy situation existed “related to the facility’s failure to notify the Physician of worsening pressure ulcers.” In one incident, a resident was admitted to the facility with a “Stage II pressure ulcer on the right buttocks that measured 2.0 cm x 3.0 cm. The resident subsequently developed additional pressure ulcers on the left buttock and the sacrum.”
The resident “was sent to the hospital “with the increasing weakness, decreased oxygen saturation levels, and worsening pressure ulcers.” The hospital records documents that “upon arrival to the hospital, the resident was found to be septic [blood infection] with an advanced stage III and Stage IV sacral pressure ulcer with active drainage, necrotic [dead] tissue, bone exposure, and tunneling into the right and left gluteal muscles and pelvic area..”
According to state investigators, “the facility failed to ensure an allegation of misappropriation of resident property [for one resident] who was reviewed for abuse protocol was reported [promptly] to the Administrator and the State Survey Agency.” The Administrator “identified seven allegations of misappropriation of a resident’s property and investigated in the last four months.”
The surveyors reported that the CNA made “an allegation of misappropriation of [a resident’s] property that she had witnessed. She stated she had witnessed another CNA taking the resident’s personal supply of pudding and soda pop from her room.”
The surveyors reviewed the Initial Incident Report involving an allegation made to the surveyor of a CNA “stealing soda, pudding, and money from residents.” The CNA was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation.
Also, the facility failed to “ensure new employee reference checks were completed upon hire for [one Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), two Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), one Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and a Licensed Assistant (LA).”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at Drumright Nursing Home? Contact the Oklahoma nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Creek County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Drumright.
Our legal team invites you to discuss your case with us today through an initial, free claim consultation. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us anything until after we have secured monetary recovery for your family. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
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