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Over 800 Violations Found in Oklahoma Nursing Homes and Residential Care Facilities
We entrust nursing homes to properly care for our loved ones who can’t necessarily take care of themselves. Unfortunately, the Oklahoma State Department of Health has recently cited more than 830 violations, some of which include resident theft, unsanitary conditions, and even threats of physical violence against residents. These violations took place in residential care homes in the state of Oklahoma between the time periods of late 2006 to early 2009, according to a two-part tulsaworld.com report.
Residential care homes slightly differ from nursing homes in that residents are not necessarily elderly; instead, they are typically mentally inhibited which prevents them from safely living on their own. However, the similar type of treatment received at both facilities should never be characterized, as the article points out, by acts of rape, sexual abuse, or general mistreatment that leads to serious injury or fatality. Other documented cases of inappropriate treatment include residents being forced to live in filthy, unsanitary conditions, and even being supervised by convicted felons. Regardless of what kind of poor treatment residents receive, negligent nursing homes and caregivers who fail to provide safe living conditions need to be held accountable for that failure in a court of law.
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