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 Bryan 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 center is a 122-certified bed "for profit" home providing services to residents of Durant and Bryan County, Oklahoma. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1212 Four Seasons Drive
Durant, Oklahoma 74701
(580) 924-5300
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Four Seasons Rehabilitation and Care Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes IV (intravenous) therapy, medication management, wound care, and restorative nursing care involving physical, speech and occupational therapies.
Oklahoma and Federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home with a denied payment for Medicare services or a monetary fine when the facility is cited for serious violations of established regulations and rules the guarantee resident safety.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Four Seasons Rehabilitation and Care Center for $7,500 on March 08, 2018, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on November 19, 2018, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing home also received five complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations. Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found on the Oklahoma Long Term Care Provider Inspection Search Website.
The state of Oklahoma and the federal government regularly updates its long-term care home database system with complete details of all deficiencies, 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, two out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures.
According to investigators, “the facility failed to ensure resident received supervision or failed to implement and modify interventions and prevent falls.” As a result of this failure, the resident sustained injuries.
The state surveyors reviewed the resident’s Care Plan that guided the nursing staff to “assist the resident with one staff member for all transfers” and ensure that the resident is wearing non-skid socks. Additionally, the resident “needs a nightlight on to help see at night” and “uses an alarm” while in the chair or bed.
A review of the Incident Report dated October 6, 2017 documents that “the resident attempted to transfer herself from her wheelchair to her bed, slid to the floor, and did not sustain any injuries. The report did not document any steps to prevent a recurrence.”
A subsequent Incident Report dated November 1, 2017 documents that “the resident was sitting in her wheelchair, reach for her snacks, and slid to the floor. The report did not document any injuries.” The resident’s Quarterly Assessment dated December 9, 2017 documents that “the resident had moderately impaired cognition” and requires “extensive assistance of one person with bed mobility, transfers, toilet use, locomotion on the unit, and personal hygiene. The assessment documented the resident did not walk and could not feed herself.”
The resident’s December 9, 2017, Care Plan was “not updated with the intervention to put the snacks within reach of the resident” that was recommended in the November 1, 2017, Incident Report. An incident report dated January 27, 2018 documents that “the resident was found lying on the floor next to her bed. The report documents the resident complained of pain to her lower leg and had a three-inch bruise to her shin area.”
The resident was transferred to the local emergency room. The resident underwent an x-ray that day that documented injuries to the tibia and fibula in her lower leg.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while living at Four Seasons Rehabilitation and Care Center? Contact the Oklahoma nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Bryan County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Durant.
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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