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This long-term care center is a "for profit" 65-certified bed home providing cares to residents of Pryor and Mayes County, Oklahoma. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
210 South Adair
Pryor, Oklahoma 74361
(918) 825-4455
Shady Rest Care Center
It is a legal responsibility of state and federal investigators to hold nursing homes accountable if they have violated rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. These penalties include monetary fines and the denial of payment for Medicare services.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Oklahoma Long Term Care Provider Inspection Search Website.
Your family can visit Medicare.gov and the Oklahoma Department of Public Health website to obtain a complete list of all violations, citations, and deficiencies identified by investigators and surveyors.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state investigators, “it was determined the facility failed to provide supervision to prevent falls and to consistently identify and implement interventions to aid in the prevention of falls.” The investigation involved two residents “who experienced falls. This facility identified ten residents who were at high risk for falls.”
The surveyors reviewed the Incident Report the documented the resident was lying on the right side of the fall mat on the floor and appeared “to roll out of bed in the low position.” There was “no apparent injury, no bruising or redness or swelling.” The resident was able to move all extremities.
The surveyors noted that the area on the form indicating “steps taken to prevent recurrence” was left blank. Additionally, “the Care Plan was not updated with any new fall interventions to prevent further falls.”
Two days later, a new Incident Report documented that the resident “was sitting in the Geri-chair at the table, then all of a sudden he was lying on his right side with no apparent injuries.” Again, on the form under “steps taken to prevent recurrence” was left blank.”
The January 18, 2016, Incident Report documented that three days after the last fall, the resident was found “lying on his right side beside the bed. The resident was on the fall mat. The assessment indicated no injuries.” The nursing staff assisted the resident back to bed and ensured that the bed was in the low position.
This document indicated under “Steps taken to prevent recurrence” as “maybe bring him closer to the nurse’s station.” There was “no documentation on any of the incident reports that showed that they had been reviewed/signed by the Director of Nursing or the Administrator.” When the surveyors saw the resident awake in his room in bed nine days after the last fall, “he was not located near the nursing station.”
When the survey team interviewed the Director of Nursing and Administrator and asked, “if there were any new interventions to prevent further falls for the resident,” both replied, ‘No.” Additionally, the Care Plan Coordinator verified that there was nothing documented concerning any new fall interventions that had been developed to prevent the resident from falling again.
The nursing home “failed to ensure residents were free from unnecessary drugs without adequate monitoring.” The investigation involved residents receiving antipsychotic, antianxiety and antidepressant medications.
In some incidents, the resident’s behavior Monitoring Flowsheet “did not consistently document the monitoring of side effects.” The investigators asked the Director of Nursing where the medication side effects were documented. The Director indicated that side effect documentation is kept on a computer program and the behavior books and if it is not in the books, “then it was not done.”
Do you suspect that your loved one suffered injury or died prematurely while living at Shady Rest Care Center? Contact the Oklahoma nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Mayes County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas including Pryor.
We provide every potential client a free initial case consultation and offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means you will not pay us anything until after we have secured a monetary recovery on your behalf.
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