[BeachNurse]

Nursing Home Shut After Violations Found


NOBLE, Okla. (AP) - More than 40 residents of a Cleveland County nursing home are being relocated after numerous violations prompted regulators to shut down the facility.

Among the violations at the Noble Residential Care Home were rodent droppings, urine on kitchen plates and bowls and cockroaches ``too numerous to count'' crawling on a resident's clothes and beds.

``I was appalled. It was very bad,'' said James Joslin, assistant chief of long-term care services for the Oklahoma Health Department.

Agency inspections of the home found ``widespread infestation'' by rodents and insects.

The home was cited for numerous health and safety violations that threatened residents' welfare.

Health Department inspectors found sinks with faucet handles that didn't work; cold water in showers and bathtubs; uninvestigated allegations of a resident's personal property stolen by a staff member; and an employee who had been convicted of a misdemeanor assault-and-battery charge.

One employee didn't have required criminal background checks conducted on him for two years.

Because one toilet regularly clogged, residents were told not to flush toilet paper. Because of that, inspectors found a bathroom waste basket ``filled with toilet paper smeared with feces.''

In one bathroom, the window sill ``was covered with dust, dead bugs and empty bottles,'' according to a March 22 Health Department inspection.

In the home's kitchen, rodent droppings and dead weevils were found on storage shelves containing open cereal boxes, sugar, pancake mix, cookies and beans.

Chew marks from rodents were found on a bag of instant gelatin.

Besides cockroaches, spider webs with live spiders were observed over the hanger rack in one resident's closet.

Repeated attempts Monday to reach representatives of the Noble Residential Care Home were unsuccessful.

Noble Residential Care Home had beds for 34 residents. A separate, unlicensed building housed eight additional residents.

Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.oklahoman.com

[VivaLasViejas]

Originally Posted by BeachNurse

Nursing Home Shut After Violations Found


NOBLE, Okla. (AP) - More than 40 residents of a Cleveland County nursing home are being relocated after numerous violations prompted regulators to shut down the facility.

Among the violations at the Noble Residential Care Home were rodent droppings, urine on kitchen plates and bowls and cockroaches ``too numerous to count'' crawling on a resident's clothes and beds.

``I was appalled. It was very bad,'' said James Joslin, assistant chief of long-term care services for the Oklahoma Health Department.

Agency inspections of the home found ``widespread infestation'' by rodents and insects.

The home was cited for numerous health and safety violations that threatened residents' welfare.

Health Department inspectors found sinks with faucet handles that didn't work; cold water in showers and bathtubs; uninvestigated allegations of a resident's personal property stolen by a staff member; and an employee who had been convicted of a misdemeanor assault-and-battery charge.

One employee didn't have required criminal background checks conducted on him for two years.

Because one toilet regularly clogged, residents were told not to flush toilet paper. Because of that, inspectors found a bathroom waste basket ``filled with toilet paper smeared with feces.''

In one bathroom, the window sill ``was covered with dust, dead bugs and empty bottles,'' according to a March 22 Health Department inspection.

In the home's kitchen, rodent droppings and dead weevils were found on storage shelves containing open cereal boxes, sugar, pancake mix, cookies and beans.

Chew marks from rodents were found on a bag of instant gelatin.

Besides cockroaches, spider webs with live spiders were observed over the hanger rack in one resident's closet.

Repeated attempts Monday to reach representatives of the Noble Residential Care Home were unsuccessful.

Noble Residential Care Home had beds for 34 residents. A separate, unlicensed building housed eight additional residents.

Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.oklahoman.com

What gets me is, you have to know this place didn't get to be such a hell-hole overnight.........it took time for it to fall into this sort of disrepair. Where were the inspectors a year ago? Two years ago? Somebody HAD to have filed complaints........what took the state so long to get moving?

Personally, I think any corporation that takes peoples' hard-earned money and forces frail elderly residents to live in such conditions should be required to disband, sell off everything they own, pay restitution to their victims, and the owners sent to prison.

[Marie_LPN, RN]

What gets me is, you have to know this place didn't get to be such a hell-hole overnight.........it took time for it to fall into this sort of disrepair. Where were the inspectors a year ago? Two years ago? Somebody HAD to have filed complaints........what took the state so long to get moving?

The state should be held responsible as well.

[Jessy_RN]

Originally Posted by BeachNurse

Nursing Home Shut After Violations Found


NOBLE, Okla. (AP) - More than 40 residents of a Cleveland County nursing home are being relocated after numerous violations prompted regulators to shut down the facility.

Among the violations at the Noble Residential Care Home were rodent droppings, urine on kitchen plates and bowls and cockroaches ``too numerous to count'' crawling on a resident's clothes and beds.

``I was appalled. It was very bad,'' said James Joslin, assistant chief of long-term care services for the Oklahoma Health Department.

Agency inspections of the home found ``widespread infestation'' by rodents and insects.

The home was cited for numerous health and safety violations that threatened residents' welfare.

Health Department inspectors found sinks with faucet handles that didn't work; cold water in showers and bathtubs; uninvestigated allegations of a resident's personal property stolen by a staff member; and an employee who had been convicted of a misdemeanor assault-and-battery charge.

One employee didn't have required criminal background checks conducted on him for two years.

Because one toilet regularly clogged, residents were told not to flush toilet paper. Because of that, inspectors found a bathroom waste basket ``filled with toilet paper smeared with feces.''

In one bathroom, the window sill ``was covered with dust, dead bugs and empty bottles,'' according to a March 22 Health Department inspection.

In the home's kitchen, rodent droppings and dead weevils were found on storage shelves containing open cereal boxes, sugar, pancake mix, cookies and beans.

Chew marks from rodents were found on a bag of instant gelatin.

Besides cockroaches, spider webs with live spiders were observed over the hanger rack in one resident's closet.

Repeated attempts Monday to reach representatives of the Noble Residential Care Home were unsuccessful.

Noble Residential Care Home had beds for 34 residents. A separate, unlicensed building housed eight additional residents.

Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.oklahoman.com

My goodness...