Are you concerned that the medical staff is neglecting your loved one in a Kiowa County nursing home? Do you suspect that they are being mistreated or abused by caregivers, employees, or other patients?
Contact the Oklahoma Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of lawyers work on your behalf to stop the mistreatment now. We will use the law to ensure you receive financial compensation to recover your damages.
This long-term care home is a "for profit" 58-certified bed center providing cares and services to residents of Hobart and Kiowa County, Oklahoma. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
709 North Lowe
Hobart, Oklahoma 73651
(580) 726-3381
State and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home cited for serious violations of regulations and rules. These penalties include levying monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services. Typically, these violations result in penalties when investigators found severe problems that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Hobart Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for $3,973 on February 13, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on two occasions including on April 05, 2018, and February 13, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
Additional documentation concerning penalties and fines can be reviewed on the Oklahoma Long Term Care Provider Inspection Search Website.
Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the Oklahoma Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
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 surveyors, “the facility failed to obtain physician’s orders [involving a resident] reviewed with pressure ulcers.” The failure “resulted in actual harm to the resident. The wound increased in size.”
The survey team reviewed the resident’s Census and Condition of Resident’s Report dated August 19, 2016, that documented “three pressure ulcers.” A review of the resident’s Admission Order Sheet dated August 19, 2016 “did not document orders for wound care.”
However, that same day, the Interim Plan of Care documented numerous “opened areas involving pressure ulcers.” The following day, the Interdisciplinary Progress Note documented “full body exam of wounds, coccyx wound: pain, granulated tissue [measuring] 7.0 centimeters by 10.0 cm x 2.0 cm deep.
The resident’s August 25, 2016, Comprehensive Assessment noted that “he was admitted with one Stage IV pressure ulcer and one venous and arterial ulcer which was a diabetic ulcer.” The Director of Nursing reviewed the resident’s initial admissions orders and medical records and verified that “it looked like the first wound care orders were received on August 24, 2016,” which was five days after the resident’s admittance to the facility.
In a separate summary statement dated November 5, 2015, the nursing home “failed to provide wound care in a manner to prevent cross-contamination.” The survey team observed an LPN preparing for wound care. At that time, the LPN “washed her hands, applied a pair of gloves and close the door. The LPN removed the old dressing from the right outer ankle. Without changing her soiled gloves, she then cleaned the area with saline wound wash” and applied a gauze pad.
The LPN continued to provide wound care. Afterward, the surveyors inquired about when she went from a dirty to a clean field. The LPN stated, “Yes, I should have.”
The surveyors asked the LPN “if she should have washed her hands after she removed the old ankle dressing after she removed the old ankle dressing.” The LPN replied, “Yes, I should have, I will now. It is a bad habit I got into.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at Hobart 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 Kiowa County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Hobart.
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