Some statistics show that more than one million Americans currently live in nursing homes. Many of these patients are our mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, children, and friends. Families often relocate their loved one into a nursing home, believing that they will receive the best care and improve the quality of life in a safe environment.
Unfortunately, mistreatment still occurs in many nursing homes, including those in Carter County. If your loved one was injured, abused, or died prematurely while residing in a nursing home, contact the Oklahoma Nursing Home Law Center Attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. Let our team of lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This facility is a 70-certified bed "for profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Wilson and Carter County, Oklahoma. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
867 Us Highway 70A
Wilson, Oklahoma 73463
(580) 668-2337
Wilson Nursing Center
The investigators working for the state of Oklahoma and the federal government have the legal authority to impose monetary fines and deny payment for Medicare services if the nursing home has been cited for serious violations of established regulations and rules.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the Oklahoma Long Term Care Provider Inspection Search Website.
To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Oklahoma Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues and three out of five stars for quality measures.
According to state investigators, “the facility failed to ensure services and treatment provided [consistently] promote healing and prevent new ulcers from developing.” The survey team reviewed the resident’s Care Plan dated September 5, 2017, that documented the resident “was at risk for skin breakdown related to immobility and incontinence. Interventions include the staff to inspect the resident’s skin on shower days and to report any changes to the Charge Nurse.”
The incident report dated February 5, 2018, noted that the resident “was observed to have a scab on her right lower leg and a soft spot on her left heel, which had intact skin.” By March 3, 2018, during a fourteen-day assessment, it was noted that the resident “had a skin tear and moisture associated skin damage (MASD).”
The resident’s thirty-day assessment dated March 19, 2018, noted that the resident “had moisture associated skin damage. The assessment documented the resident was severely impaired, and [their] cognition exhibited mild symptoms of depression and required assistance with activities of daily living. The assessment documented the resident had no pressure ulcer or status ulcers.”
However, the resident’s Weekly Wound Assessments in the Treatment Administration Record documented “measurements for the right lower leg deletion from February 24, 2018, through April 30, 2018. The right leg ulcer was documented as healed on May 5, 2018.” While there was a “resident’s clinical record to obtain treatment orders and wound measurements for the right lower leg deletion, [there were] no measurements for the left heel.”
The investigators interviewed the Administrator in training who “was informed that the resident’s left heel wound was not monitored, the right lower leg deletion was documented as healed when it continues to have a scab, and a lack of documentation about all care and assessments in general.” The Administrator in training reported changes would be made.”
The nursing home “failed to ensure an environment free of accident hazards, and residents were provided with supervision to prevent accidents.” The surveyors documented “two open areas at the end of the West Hall” that were “divided by a partition wall and observed to contain bed frame, wheelchairs, dressers, tables, chairs, boxes, lift, and a scale.”
At that time, an unidentified resident “was observed to ambulate with a walker to pass by the open areas but did not enter the areas.” Later that afternoon, another resident “wheeled to the surveyor’s’ workroom door and spoke with the surveyors.” Immediately afterward, the resident “was observed, in her wheelchair, at the entry to the right open area. The resident was opening the door to the movable closet and was bending over to look into the closet.”
The Director of Nursing confirmed that this resident wandered and was at risk for accidents.
Do you suspect that your loved one is the victim of mistreatment while residing at Wilson Nursing Center? Contact the Oklahoma nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Carter County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Wilson.
Our legal team never charges potential clients to discuss your case through an initial claim consultation. Also, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee, meaning you will not owe us any money unless we have received a monetary recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
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