The home failed to make food and drinks appealing and served them at a safe, appetizing temperature. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 804 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: E
Nursing home report
THE OAKS HEALTHCARE CENTER
POTEAU, OK · Medicare-certified · 158 beds
In good standing
For-profit
2 of 5 overall
The Oaks Healthcare Center in Poteau, OK has a 2-star overall rating, with 2-star health inspection, staffing, and quality ratings. Reported nurse staffing is 3.24 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.2399 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: December 3, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.2399.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.14
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.83
- Nurse aides
- 2.27
- Weekend nursing
- 3.44
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 60%
Registered nurse turnover: 57%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
7.4%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
5.1%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
8.9%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
2.7%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
5%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
21%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
23.1%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
28.9%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
0.6%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
6.3%Worsening
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
16.5%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
4.2%Improving
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
93.6%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
72.2%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99%Improving
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were treated with dignity and could make their own choices and communicate freely. Cited February 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 550 — 42 CFR §483.10(a) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to keep medication mistakes below the allowed level. Cited February 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 759 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(1) — S/S: E
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited February 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 11 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Occupancy
- 100.1 residents on an average day (63% of 158 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 32 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.