IDPH has cited and fined Eden Village Care Center nursing home in Glen Carbon after a resident there developed bed sores on both heels. Federal regulations provide that when a resident is admitted to a nursing home without bed sores that they receive care consistent with professional standards of practice to prevent bed sores and […]
Resident develops bed sores on both heels at Eden Village
Failure to train staff leads to broken hip and death at Heritage Health in Jacksonville
IDPH has cited and fined Heritage Health nursing home in Jacksonville after a resident fell forward out of specialized postural positioning chair, suffered a fractured hip, and died. One of the factors that contributes to fall risk in residents who are bedbound or chairfast is poor trunk control. Lack of having even minimal core strength […]
Resident fractures hip in fall at Caseyville Nursing & Rehab
IDPH has cited and fined Caseyville Nursing & Rehab after a resident fell and fractured a hip while going to the bathroom unattended. The fact pattern which is described in this citation is a distressingly familiar one: a resident with musculoskeletal issues and impaired safety judgment attempts to go to the bathroom unattended and falls, […]
Lack of wheelchair footrests leads to broken leg at Lexington of Orland Park
IDPH has cited and fined Lexington of Orland Park nursing home after a resident there suffered a broken leg while being pushed in her wheelchair. When it comes to wheelchair-bound residents, the term “self-propelling” means that the resident is able to move themselves in the wheelchair without staff assistance. Usually this is done primarily through […]
Fall results in broken vertebra at Heritage Health of Mendota
IDPH cited and fined Heritage Health nursing home in Mendota after a resident there experienced two falls in two days, the second resulting in a fractured lumbar vertebra. The resident at issue had been admitted to the nursing home for rehabilitation following a knee replacement surgery. She was assessed as having cognitive issues which increased […]
Fractured femur due to failure to use lift at Granite Rehab
IDPH has cited and fined Granite Nursing & Rehabilitation nursing home in Granite City after a resident suffered a fractured femur due to an unsafe transfer. The resident at issue had been assessed as needing assist of two with all transfers. This was incorporated into her care plan, which specified that all transfers were to […]
Unsafe transfer at Rosewood of Inverness results in fractures to both ankles
IDPH has cited and fined Rosewood of Inverness nursing home after a resident there had both ankles broken as a result of an unsafe transfer using a mechanical lift. The resident at issue had a history of having suffered a stroke with residual weakness. She had poor trunk control and general muscular weakness. She was […]
Failure to notify doctor of pressure sore at Aperion of Moline
IDPH has cited and fined Aperion Care of Moline nursing home after a resident there developed a pressure sore on her heel but failed to notify the doctor to obtain proper treatment orders. One of the basic facts of nursing home care is that doctors are not there on a 24/7 basis, so the nursing […]
Unsafe transfer at Heartland of Galesburg results in dislocated hip
IDPH has cited and fined Heartland of Galesburg nursing home after a resident there suffered a dislocated hip after an aide attempted to transfer her with a mechanical lift by herself instead of with a second aide. The resident at issue had been admitted to the nursing home for rehabilitation following a hip replacement surgery. […]
Multiple injuries in fall at Symphony at Midway
IDPH has cited and fined Symphony at Midway Nursing Home in Chicago after a resident there suffered multiple injuries in a fall. Care planning is the basic process by which the care needs of nursing home residents are met. It is a multi-step process which starts with an assessment which identifies the risks to the […]
No fall prevention care planning at South Suburban Rehab
IDPH has cited and fined South Suburban Rehab nursing home in Homewood after a resident there sustained multiple injuries in a fall. One thing commonly seen is a push to get hospital patients out the door over the weekend. There are a host of reasons that hospitals prefer to get discharges done before the close […]
Presence St. Anne resident suffers broken neck in fall from lift
IDPH has cited and fined Presence St. Anne Center in Rockford after a resident there fell from a mechanical lift, suffered a broken neck, and died. The resident at issue was dependent on staff to transfer him to and from bed with a mechanical lift. At this nursing home, the aides were provided with resident […]
Failure to obtain anti-seizure medication at Gilman Healthcare Center
IDPH has cited and fined Gilman Healthcare Center nursing home after a resident there did not receive his required anti-seizure medications, resulting in the resident experiencing multiple seizures. The resident at issue was admitted to the nursing home on a Friday with orders which included the administration of two anti-seizure medications (Onfi and Vimpat) two […]
Infection goes unnoticed at Helia of Belleville
IDPH has cited and fined Helia Healthcare of Belleville after a resident there suffered complications from an untreated infection at the surgical site for a pacemaker. The resident at issue was admitted to nursing home after having surgery to have a pacemaker installed. When surgery is done to install a pacemaker, there is a surgical […]
Resident chokes to death at The Moorings in Arlington Heights
IDPH has cited and fined The Mooring nursing home in Arlington Heights after a resident there choked to death. Topping that off, when the state inspectors were at the facility a month and half later, the same systems failures were evident for other residents who were at risk of choking. Nursing homes are businesses, and […]
Failure to obtain treatment supplies at Pekin Manor
IDPH has cited and fined Pekin Manor nursing home after a resident there had to be hospitalized with respiratory failure due to the failure of the staff to order necessary medical equipment. The resident at issue was admitted to the nursing home with orders from his doctor to have his chest tube drained daily until […]
Fall from shower chair leads to brain bleed and death at Manorcare of Arlington Heights
IDPH has cited and fined Manorcare of Arlington Heights nursing home after a resident there fell from a shower chair, suffered a brain bleed, and died. Providing basic personal care, like bathing and showering residents, is one of the basic tasks that needs to be done in a nursing home. However, like any task in […]
Failure to monitor anticoagulant levels at Greentree of Bradley
IDPH has cited and fined Greentree of Bradley nursing home after a resident was hospitalized with a gastronintestimal bleed caused by the failure of the nursing home staff to monitor the resident’s levels of anticoagulant medication. Blood thinning medications, or anticoagulants, are an important tool in the doctor’s toolbox for maintaining the health of nursing […]
Bed sore requires surgery for Timbercreek Rehab resident
IDPH has cited and fined Timbercreek Rehab nursing home in Pekin after a resident’s bed sore declined to the point that surgery was required. “Bed sores” are sometimes referred to as “pressure ulcers” because one of the main components in causing these painful wounds is pressure from the resident’s own body weight over the bony […]
Short-staffing leads to fall at Warren Barr North Shore
IDPH has cited and fined Warren Barr North Shore nursing home in Highland Park after a resident sustained a head injury in a fall that was caused by short-staffing of the nursing home. People who reside in nursing homes need help. That’s why they are there. Federal regulations require the nursing home to have staff […]
Moorings staff fails to notify doctor
IDPH has cited and fined The Moorings nursing home in Arlington Heights after the nursing staff failed to notify the doctor that a resident was having coffee ground emesis (a sign of internal bleeding) resulting in a delay in the resident obtaining care and the wrongful death of the nursing home resident. One of the […]
Broken ankle from fall at Aperion of Mascoutah
IDPH has cited and fined Aperion of Mascoutah nursing home after a resident there slipped on ice that was on the floor. One of the basic beliefs that I have as a nursing home lawyer is that nursing home fall cases are not slip-and-fall cases, and lawyers who look at nursing home falls like they […]
Failure to assist resident to bathroom results in fall at Heritage Health in Peru
IDPH has cited and fined Heritage Health nursing home in Peru after a resident fell and suffered a knee injury when an aide failed to provide needed assistance to the bathroom. The resident at issue was assessed as being at high risk for falls and required the extensive assist of two for transfers and the […]
Multiple residents victimized by fellow resident at Winning Wheels
IDPH has cited and fined Winning Wheels nursing home in Prophetstown after multiple residents were victims of physical and sexual assaults by a fellow resident. The word “home” in the term “nursing home” is there for a reason – it is the home of each of the residents there, and each and every nursing home […]
Failure to give anti-seizure medication at Lexington of Orland Park
IDPH has cited and fined Lexington of Orland Park nursing home after the failure to give anti-seizure medications resulted in a resident requiring a lengthy admission to the intensive care unit of the hospital. One of the basic functions that a nursing home carries out is the administration of medications as ordered by a physician. […]
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