Sand Sage Of The Highlands

What the state also noted

• — This facility does not have a spotless record. The July 26, 2024 licensure survey cited six deficiencies (level of care for a resident with repeated falls, food labeling and dating, a missing admission assessment, an assessment not signed by an RN or physician, resident-rights findings covering 48-hour post-fall assessments, an unlocked medication cart, an unsanitized blood pressure cuff and an unfollowed dietitian supplement recommendation, and failure to coordinate wound care with hospice).
• — The July 2024 findings were substantive, not paperwork-only: Resident #8 told the surveyor they had had 27 falls since admission, was sent to the emergency room repeatedly, and received 10 staples to the head after a 07/14/24 fall; the Resident Care Director confirmed the resident exceeded the level of care the center could provide. Resident #3 was observed with deep purple bruising to the right eye, neck, shoulder and both arms, and with an undated dressing over a reopened leg wound the RCD was unaware of.
• — The November 20, 2025 licensure survey cited one deficiency: dishwasher sanitizer measured below the required 50-100 ppm (one reading of 10 ppm) and sanitizer levels had not been recorded for November 2025.
• — The June 2025 elopement complaint (OK00083349) concerned a real incident, not a false alarm: the facility self-reported that on 06/01/2025 at 8:30 p.m. a resident with dementia and her husband left the facility, and the resident was found sitting on the ground by a passing Good Samaritan before staff escorted them back. She was later discharged to a higher level of care. The surveyor identified no deficient practice, but the positives here describe the response, not that nothing happened.
• — The abuse investigation (OK00080178) likewise concerned a real self-reported incident from 03/20/2025 that a staff member witnessed; the positives describe how the facility responded, not that nothing happened. The resident involved was interviewed and stated he did not recall the event, and he is within the sample of six residents who denied experiencing or witnessing abuse.
• — The July 2024 survey ran alongside complaint #OK00064008 about qualified staff providing bathing assistance. The report does not state whether that specific allegation was substantiated, and none of the citations from that survey concern bathing, so 'complaints substantiated: 0' reflects that no bathing-related deficiency appears on the State Form rather than an explicit finding of non-substantiation.
• — The documents contain no favorable general surveyor observations about resident appearance, hygiene, odors, meals, activities, or the physical environment, so no positive conclusions can be drawn about those areas.
• — The site's overall rating is Fair, reflecting the citation history above.