24th Place: Common Area Blocked by Concrete, Junk - OK
That was one of seven obstacles inspectors documented on August 13 at 24th Place, a residential facility serving 78 people in Norman. The pile blocked the path to a puzzle with a lamp that was in progress on a table at the north end of hall one, a space residents also used for therapy and access to vending machines.
The other six: a hospital bed with no sheets. A broken recliner. A wheelchair with an empty bucket sitting in it and a bed grab bar, roughly four feet long, balanced across the armrests. A four-legged walking cane, unattended, sitting directly in the path. A red walker, also unattended, also in the path.
Every one of them between the residents and the puzzle they were trying to reach.
The maintenance supervisor, speaking with inspectors at 12:55 p.m., did not dispute any of it. The supervisor confirmed the space was a resident-accessible area, called the blocked paths a fall hazard, and said the conditions did not reflect a safe homelike environment.
Eight minutes later, the Director of Nursing walked through the same area with inspectors. The DON said the concrete, the recliner, the bed and the rest of it amounted to "junk being stored," that the puzzle activity was not accessible, and that the pathways were not clear for residents. "The area was not a safe homelike environment," the DON said.
The administrator heard the same account at 1:25 p.m. and reached the same conclusion. The area was not safe. The area was not homelike. And then the administrator added something the others had not: staff had already been told not to store items in this space. They kept doing it anyway.
The inspection was a complaint survey. Inspectors rated the violation as causing minimal harm or potential for actual harm, and cited it under the standard requiring facilities to maintain a safe and homelike environment. The facility's own policy, last revised in February 2021, describes the environment residents are owed as "clean, sanitary, and orderly," with pathways and spaces meant to reflect a personalized homelike setting.
A four-foot bed grab bar balanced across a wheelchair does not reflect that.
The residents working on the puzzle that afternoon could not get to it. Whether any of them tried to navigate around the concrete bags, the recliner, or the bed with no sheets, and what happened if they did, the inspection report does not say.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for 24th Place from 2025-08-18 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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24th Place in Norman, OK was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 18, 2025.
That was one of seven obstacles inspectors documented on August 13 at 24th Place, a residential facility serving 78 people in Norman.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.