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Health Inspection

Oakland Park Communities, Inc.

December 31, 2025 · Thief River Falls, MN · 123 Baken Street
Citations 5
CMS Rating 1/5
Beds 35
Provider ID 245592
Healthcare Facility
Oakland Park Communities, Inc.
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Source Document
Official CMS Inspection Report (Medicare.gov)
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Inspection Summary

OAKLAND PARK COMMUNITIES, INC. in THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN — inspection on December 31, 2025.

Found 5 citations. Severity: Standard violations.

Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.

Inspection Findings

FF0582
Resident Rights Deficiencies

During an interview on 12/30/25 at 4:26 p.m., the administrator stated the notices were to be completed by the social services designee or the MDS coordinator.

The forms would be presented to the resident a couple of days prior to the last covered day.

When the forms were completed, it should have been documented and scanned into the medical record.

During a follow up interview on 12/31/25 at 10:23 a.m., the administrator stated they could not find documentation the forms were completed and presented to the R17.

This should have been completed.

The policies related to the SNFABN and NOMNC were requested, but no policies were received.

Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.

For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.

LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE

245592 12/31/2025

Oakland Park Communities, Inc. 123 Baken Street Thief River Falls, MN 56701

During interview on 12/30/25, at 2:20 p.m. the unit manager (UM)-B stated when the facility received a call from the hospital that they were going to admit a resident, they would ask the family for a bed hold.

The facility did not always get the call from the hospital or would get the call after hours and then it would be done the next day.

Bed holds were usually done on the phone verbally and then would be documented and scanned into the resident's chart. UM-B was not sure why a bed hold notice had not been completed for R12.

When interviewed on 12/30/25, at 3:53 p.m. the director of nursing (DON) stated she had been unable to find a signed or verbal bed hold completed for R12. A bed hold should be obtained when a resident was sent to the emergency room or hospital, and staff should have them sign one before they left the facility in case they were admitted to the hospital. If it was not obtained before a resident left the facility and the facility received notification the resident would be admitted to the hospital, the charge nurse was to call the family and obtain a verbal bed hold. A bed hold should have been obtained for R12; however, it had been missed.

During telephone interview on 12/31/25, at 8:55 a.m. family member (FM)-C stated they had never discussed a bed hold or signed a bed hold when R12 was admitted to the hospital. R12 was able to return to the facility and her same room without any concerns or issues.

The family knew R12's bed would be held at the facility because it was paid up for the month but had never been informed of the facility's bed hold policy.

The facility's Bed Hold and Return for Hospital/Therapeutic Leave policy dated 7/2017, identified the facility would provide written information to the resident and/or representative about the facility's bed hold policy on admission and before a resident was transferred to the hospital or went on therapeutic leave. In case of an emergency transfer, the resident/representative would be provided with written bed hold notice within 24 hours after the transfer.

The facility would hold a resident's bed for 18 consecutive days for a hospital leave. No charge would be made for those 18 days, regardless of payer source.

245592 12/31/2025

Oakland Park Communities, Inc. 123 Baken Street Thief River Falls, MN 56701

at passerby, hey get in here, come back here. R18's voice became louder and angrier, until staff went

other resident and asked if he could have her food.

The unidentified female resident stated no, you ate

to his plate and reached for his cup of liquid to drink.

When interviewed on 12/30/25, at 5:50 p.m. the director of nursing (DON) stated R18 did not tolerate the Zoloft decrease very well and things escalated quickly.

With in the two weeks, staff were seeing behaviors and attributed it to the GDR on his Zoloft as well as he had been started on a steroid.

Right after the medication adjustments they had started to see an escalation of his behaviors.

They discussed resident incidents, behaviors, changes of condition in their daily interdisciplinary team meetings and had also done an environmental analysis at the same time.

The facility had noted they had a handful of residents that were exhibiting sundowning type of behaviors with increase agitation.

Staff had reported it was difficult to control the dining room at supper time because of the sundowning behaviors some residents were exhibiting. IDT had implemented a few things that also improved R18's behaviors and aggression.

Staff implemented a low stimulation environment in the common area between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m., housekeeping typically vacuumed the common area around 4:00 p.m. so they stopped that as well. We dimmed the lights, use of essential oils and tried to not have all the residents congregated in that one common area when waiting for supper.

The facility had even turned the issue into a quality improvement project to track the interventions and progress with the escalation of resident behaviors in the evenings.

During interview on 12/31/25, at 10:00 a.m. the DON stated she received an incident report on resident-to-resident incidents.

The facility looked at if there were injury or mental anguish or changes in the victim to determine if an incident was reportable.

The DON discussed the incident with the nurse working at the time it occurred and visit with the victim to assess for trauma.

After every incident a new interventions was implemented.

Usually the interventions were documented in the resident's care plan and are in the internal risk reports as well.

Interventions were also put on the aide care sheets and as a memo in the nurse aide report and the nurse report book.

New incidents and interventions were also passed on in shift report.

The facility made it a practice to always do some kind of new intervention following an incident.

They had put interventions in place for R18 for being around other residents, encouraging him to be active in activities.

When R18 was having a bad day, staff were to bring him to his room or a quiet area, as well as the environmental changes they had done to help calm residents in the evenings.

The DON thought R18's care plan had been revised on 12/5/25, but it did not include resident to resident altercations or the environmental interventions implemented.

When R18 was like that, having a bad day, staff knew him well enough to know when he was building.

Staff knew to move him to a different area when he was more agitated or restless.

The staff also knew that R18 did not respond well to the younger girls assisting him with care, so they tried to pair him with older staff members for care.

Was not specific in R18's plan of care but staff knew R18 and when he had escalating behaviors. A policy for care plans was requested, however was not received.

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Oakland Park Communities, Inc. 123 Baken Street Thief River Falls, MN 56701

Review of the culture on file identified the culture had not been finalized until 12/17/25, the day after R23 was seen by her physician on rounds.

When interviewed on 12/30/25, at 11:18 a.m. the director of nursing (DON) stated the unit managers were expected to follow up on urinalysis and culture results and ensure the appropriate antibiotics were ordered.

The DON would have thought UM-B would have followed up on R23's urine culture as that was her expectation and if not sensitive to follow up with the resident's primary provider.

The infection control nurse then collected the data and did a summary on the review of antibiotics.

The facility's Antibiotic Stewardship policy with last review date 2/2025, identified the nurse would utilize the Loeb Minimum Criteria protocols to determine if it was necessary to treat with antibiotics or if adjustments in therapy needed to be made.

Physicians would be notified of results of diagnostic tests to ensure residents were taking the appropriate antibiotic of if the antibiotic needed to be discontinued or changed.

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Oakland Park Communities, Inc. 123 Baken Street Thief River Falls, MN 56701

Control (CDC) education regarding the potential risks and benefits for vaccinations being offered

immunizations.Findings include:R21's quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE], identified R21 was admitted to the facility on [DATE], was [AGE] years old, had moderate cognitive impairment, and had a diagnosis of heart failure. R21's immunization record dated 12/31/25, identified R1 had a historical record R1 had received the pneumovax vaccination on 10/23/02.

However, R21's medical record failed to identify R21 or R21's representative was provided the most recent Centers for Disease Control (CDC) education regarding the potential risks and benefits of the pneumococcal.

During an interview on 12/31/25 at 10:38 a.m., the interim director of nursing (IDON) stated a resident's immunization stated was reviewed upon admit and on a yearly basis.

Documentation of is entered when immunizations were reviewed, education give, and if accepted or declined.

There was no documentation in R21's medical that R21 or R21's representative had received education related to the pneumonia vaccine or if was offered.The facility's Pneumococcal Vaccine policy dated 11/2024, identified the facility would provide education related immunization and document administration or refusal of immunization.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an F-tag violation?
F-tags are federal deficiency codes used by CMS to categorize nursing home violations. Each F-tag corresponds to a specific federal regulation (42 CFR Part 483). For example, F607 relates to abuse prevention policies, F880 relates to infection control.
Were these violations corrected?
Facilities must submit plans of correction and implement changes within required timeframes. CMS conducts follow-up inspections to verify corrections. Check the inspection report for specific correction dates and follow-up verification status.
How often do nursing home inspections happen?
CMS conducts unannounced inspections of all Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes at least once per year. Additional inspections may occur based on complaints, facility-reported incidents, or follow-up to verify previous violations were corrected.
What should families do about these violations?
Families should: (1) Review the full inspection report for details, (2) Ask facility administration about specific corrective actions taken, (3) Check if this represents a pattern by reviewing prior inspections, (4) Compare with other facilities in THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN, (5) Report new concerns to state authorities.
Where can I see the full inspection report?
Complete inspection reports are available on Medicare.gov's Care Compare website (www.medicare.gov/care-compare). You can also request copies directly from OAKLAND PARK COMMUNITIES, INC. or from the state Department of Health. Reports include deficiency codes, facility responses, and correction timelines.


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About This Inspection Report

Source: This inspection report was downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases nursing home inspection reports in bulk. The findings reflect what state surveyors documented in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies on the date of the inspection.

Plan of correction not included: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to their state survey agency and those responses may not appear in CMS public data at the time of release. The absence of a plan of correction in this report does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken by the facility are encouraged to contact the facility or their state survey agency directly.

Corrections may have been made: This report reflects conditions observed on the date of the survey. The facility may have implemented staffing changes, additional training, policy revisions, or other corrective actions since this report was issued. We publish what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.