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This long-term care home is a "for profit" 55-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
3804 North Barr
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73122
(405) 789-7103
Oklahoma and federal government agencies have the legal responsibility of monitoring every nursing home and imposing monetary fines or 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, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Heritage Manor Nursing Center for $24,850 on March 16, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on March 16, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
The nursing home also received four complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation. Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Oklahoma Long Term Care Provider Inspection Search Website.
The state of Oklahoma and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all 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 three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state investigators, “the facility failed to provide the necessary supervision to prevent falls and consistently identify or implement interventions to prevent falls.” The deficient practice by the nursing staff resulted in harm for a resident.”
Documentation shows that the resident “had five falls from September 3, 2016, through December 17, 2016. The fall on November 13, 2016, resulted in a right hip fracture, which required surgery.” At the time of the survey, the facility “identified an additional thirteen residents with falls.”
A second incident resulted in harm for a different resident with Physician’s ordered therapeutic diet of “nectar thickened liquids.” The resident suffered serious harm when “facility staff provided the resident with chocolate candy. This resident experienced an episode of choking and respiratory distress.”
The nursing home “failed to ensure [as needed] pain medication was administered [before] pressure ulcer treatments.” The deficient practice “resulted in the resident being in severe pain during the treatments.”
A review of the resident’s Data Collection Form Assessment dated March 10, 2016, and March 21, 2016, noted that the “resident had a stage I ulcer to the left lower out her leg and a stage I ulcer to the left outer ankle. Two areas on top of the left foot and one area on top of the right foot were described as circular, red areas, stage I, darkened areas and the center top of the left foot.”
The resident’s Care Plan dated April 1, 2016, noted that the resident “had an alteration in pain and comfort related to ulcers and decubitus [wounds].” The “goal documented that pain would be relieved within thirty minutes of intervention” after assessing the resident for pain.
In one observation, a Certified Medical Aide was asked by the resident to provide pain medication thirty minutes before the treatment. However, the resident had already been medicated, although the drugs had not alleviated discomfort.
Instead of providing the resident with additional pain medication, the Certified Medical Aide stated that “she was waiting until 2:00 PM, due to that she could not give medication until six hours after the routine medication.” However, the Director of Nursing stated that “there was an ‘as needed’ pain medication that could have been given.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Heritage Manor Nursing Center? Contact the Oklahoma nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Oklahoma County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Oklahoma City.
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