Many families have limited options on how to handle their loved one’s care who requires nursing assistants in a facility outside their home. Many of these family members choose to relocate their loved one into a Lincoln County nursing facility only to realize they been victimized through neglect or mistreatment by caregivers, employees, or other residents.
If your loved one was injured or died prematurely while living in a nursing home, contact the Oklahoma Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal assistance. Our team of lawyers has handled cases just like yours, and we can help your family, too. Contact us today so we can begin working on your case to ensure you receive financial compensation for your damages.
This facility is a 78-certified bed "for profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Prague and Lincoln County, Oklahoma. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
922 West Parkland Avenue
Prague, Oklahoma 74864
(405) 567-2201
Federal agencies and the State of Oklahoma have a legal responsibility to monitor every nursing facility. If serious violations are identified, the government can impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if the resident was harmed or could have been harmed by the deficiency.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Parkland Manor Living Center for $13,852 on April 04, 2017, citing substandard care. During this time, Medicare denied payment on April 04, 2017, due to a lack of quality care.
Additional documentation about fines and penalties can be found 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, three out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state surveyors, “the facility failed to provide supervision to prevent accidents for [one resident] who was at high risk for falls and wandered and was randomly observed in a potentially hazardous situation.” The facility “identified twenty-four residents with falls in the last three months.”
The survey team reviewed the severely, cognitively impaired resident’s Fall Risk Assessment dated May 31, 2018, that shows the resident “should be considered at HIGH RISK for potential falls. A prevention protocol should be initiated immediately and documented on the care plan.”
However, the state surveyors observed the facility’s morning meetings where the department heads and other facility staff “were in the Administrator’s office. The Charge Nurse and Certified Medication Aides were noted on the hall to the left of the dining room, standing at the medication cart and reviewing a book. No Aides were noted to be present on any of the halls.”
One minute later, surveyors observed the resident “alone in the hall to the right of the dining room. The resident was standing up in front of the laundry room door, with her hands flat on the laundry room door. The resident’s wheelchair was approximately twelve feet away from her [and] no staff was observed within eyesight of the resident.”
The surveyor saw the resident “take steps down the hall toward the nurse’s station. She kept her hands on the doors and walls as she proceeded down the hall. The resident was unsteady on her feet and short of breath. The surveyor called for assistance, but none came.”
Two minutes later, “another surveyor came within eyesight of the first surveyor and resident. The first surveyor called for assistance. The second surveyor brought the resident’s wheelchair to her, and the surveyors guided the resident into her wheelchair.” As the “surveyors finished guiding the resident into her wheelchair, [a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)] entered the hallway. She was asked if the resident was a wanderer. She stated, ‘Yes.’”
The CNA stated that the resident was not supposed to be supervised saying “I do not know what that means. She is able to go around the facility like she wants to.” A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) was asked “if the resident was a wanderer. He stated, ‘I guess you would say she is.’” The LPN verified that the resident was at high risk for falls and “would occasionally tend to [wander] but not often.”
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect or abuse while living at Parkland Manor Living Center? Contact the Oklahoma nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Lincoln County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Prague.
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