Many of the 1.5 million residents in nursing facilities in the U.S. are victims of mistreatment. In some cases, the nursing staff neglects these patients, or caregivers, visitors, employees, and other residents abuse, sexually assault or mistreat the patient.
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This long-term care facility is a 106-certified bed "for profit" home providing services and cares to residents of Lindsay and Garvin County, Oklahoma. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
1103 West Cherokee
Lindsay, Oklahoma 73052
(405) 756-4334
Both Oklahoma and the federal government can impose a monetary fine or deny payments through Medicare when a nursing facility has been found to violate established regulations and rules. The higher the monetary fine, the more serious the violation is that likely harmed or could have harmed one or more residents at the nursing home.
Within the last thirty-six months, investigators imposed four monetary penalties against Lindsay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, citing substandard care. These penalties include a $8,590 fine on March 05, 2018, a $8,424 fine on March 05, 2018, a $9,582 fine on April 17, 2017, and a $43,654 fine on April 17, 2017, for a total of $70,250. During this time, Medicare denied payment on two occasions including on March 05, 2018, and April 17, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
This nursing facility also received seventeen complaints and self-reported two serious issues over the last three years 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 federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all 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 two out of five stars for quality measures.
According to investigators, the facility “failed to ensure residents’ assessments were accurate for [three] of eighteen assessments reviewed. This [failure] had the potential to affect all sixty residents.”
The survey team reviewed the two residents’ Quarterly Assessment from March 2018. The assessments revealed that each resident “had received an anticoagulant medication in the seven-day look-back period.” However, “each resident’s individualized clinical record “did not document the resident had received an anticoagulant.”
Additionally, one resident’s discharge assessment, dated May 14, 2018, documents that “the resident had been discharged from the facility to an acute hospital. The resident’s clinical record had not documented the resident had checked herself out of the facility [on that date] to move to another state and was never hospitalized,” as stated in the assessment.
The survey team interviewed the Assessment Coordinator and asked “if two residents had received an anticoagulant in the seven-day look-back periods. She stated neither of the residents had been given an anticoagulant and the assessments were incorrect.” The Coordinator also verified that the third resident’s assessment was incorrect because that resident had not been discharged to a hospital as indicated in the document.
The nursing home “failed to ensure resident had not received unnecessary antipsychotic medication.” This failure “had the potential to affect forty-five residents who were receiving antipsychotics” at that time.
The survey team reviewed a resident’s pharmacist recommendation form that was given to the resident’s Physician on July 26, 2017. The document states that the Physician “would like to have discontinued the resident’s medication.” Additionally, the resident had a telephone Physician’s order dated May 2, 2018, that documented to discontinue the antipsychotic medication.
However, when the surveyors reviewed the resident’s clinical record, there was no documentation “any behaviors having warranted the use of an antipsychotic.” The Director of Nursing verified that the “antipsychotic medication should have been discontinued” but was not.
Do you believe that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment, abuse or neglect while living at Lindsay 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 Garvin County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Lindsay.
You will not be charged to discuss your case with our legal team during an initial, free case review. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means that you will owe us nothing until we have secured financial compensation on your behalf.
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