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August 25, 2009
Dried Feces Throughout Building Leads To Oklahoma Nursing Home Citation
Cedar Crest Manor, a Lawton, Oklahoma nursing home facility, was recently cited for nearly thirty deficiencies by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Four citations were assessed for substandard quality of care and one for placing a resident in immediate jeopardy. The immediate jeopardy citation involved a woman who fell continuously because the facility failed to take necessary precautions to protect her.
Five facility workers agreed with the Department of Health alleging that the facility was as bad as the report, if not worse. The report listed brown and stained towels and linens, roaches, and rodents in some rooms. It also read, "Dried feces along the top of a shower hand rail, smeared on the shower chair, soap dispenser, and toilet paper holder."
According to Sandra Brown, Cedar Crest Manor's Administrator, the facility was in compliance as of August 15, 2009 and was anticipating a resurvey.
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