Nursing home report
Registered name: WESTERN SKILLED NURSING AND THERAPY
BUFFALO, OK · Medicare-certified · 76 beds
Grace Living Center-Buffalo has a 5 of 5 stars overall rating, with 5-star health inspection and quality ratings and 4-star staffing. Reported nurse staffing is 3.39 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3894 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3894.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The home failed to ensure residents had a safe, clean, comfortable, homelike environment and daily care supports were provided safely. Cited December 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 584 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
The home failed to ensure residents were free from physical restraints unless they were needed for medical treatment. Cited January 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 604 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: E
The home failed to have a registered nurse on duty enough hours each day and to keep a registered nurse as the full-time director of nursing. Cited January 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 727 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: E
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 January 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited January 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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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.
