Mistreating senior citizens living in nursing homes is an unacceptable, reprehensible, and disgraceful action done by the hands of caregivers, visitors, and other patients. Many families relocate their loved one into the nursing home believing that they will receive the highest level of care in a safe environment. Unfortunately, neglect and abuse are an all too common occurrence that leaves victims harmed, injured, or dead.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Garfield County nursing facility, contact the Oklahoma Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you are financially compensated for your monetary damages.
This long-term care home is a "city government-owned" 118-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Enid and Garfield County, Oklahoma. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
1404 North Garland Road
Enid, Oklahoma 73703
(580) 234-2526
Garland Road Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Garland Road Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes long-term care, respite care, inpatient and outpatient rehab, pharmacy services and social services.
The investigators for the federal and state nursing home regulatory agencies have the legal authority to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services if the nursing facility is cited for serious violations of rules and regulations.
This nursing home 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.
Our attorneys review data on every long-term and intermediate care facility on Medicare.com and the Oklahoma Department of Public Health website.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to investigators, “the facility failed to ensure residents’ privacy in the rooms for nine residents who attended the Resident Council Meeting.” The meeting was held on April 24, 2018.
During the meeting, “multiple residents voiced concerns regarding two female residents who entered the rooms uninvited. They stated one of the residents would go into the bathroom and not leave, which made it difficult for the residents to use their bathroom.”
It was discussed by a resident who wished to remain anonymous that the uninvited resident “also opened drawers and moved things in the room. The resident in the meeting stated if a Velcro stop sign was put across the door the wandering residents removed the signs, and if the doors were closed, the wandering residents open the doors.” The residents at the meeting stated that “the wanderer appeared confused and did not know where she was.”
The facility “failed to ensure residents were free from unnecessary medications.” The “unnecessary medication was [regarding] a reduction of antipsychotic medication. This [failure] had the potential to affect twenty residents who receive antipsychotic medications.”
The surveyors reviewed one resident’s Care Plan that “documented the resident received an antipsychotic medication. The Care Plan documented the resident wandered to the point of exhaustion and exhibited anger at others.”
The resident “was observed numerous times during the survey seated in her wheelchair in the main dining room. She was confused but answered simple yes/no questions. She was able to propel her wheelchair but remained in the sitting room watching the surrounding activities. She was calm/pleasant.”
The surveyors asked the Assistant Director of Nursing to review reports and Physician’s orders in the resident’s Medication Administration Record (MAR). A Physician’s orders outlining the medication regimen of the resident dated March 19, 2018, shows that the resident’s antipsychotic medication “was to be reduced to 25 mg every twelve hours for ten days, then 25 mg daily for ten days, and then stopped.”
The Assistant Director verified that changes had not been made to update the Physician’s orders and a change in the medication regimen when they were received. The Director also verified that the antipsychotic drug the resident was receiving was an unnecessary medication.
Were you the victim of mistreatment while you lived at Garland Road Nursing and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the Oklahoma nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Garfield County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Enid.
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