Manor Court in Clinton cited by IDPH

Manor Court nursing home in Clinton was cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health for several patient care deficiencies, including inadequate hot water, failing to treat pressure sores, falls, medication errors, and inadequate staffing levels at the nursing home.  The citation by the Department resulted in a fine of $400 per day and the removal of the administrator.

While the citation treats inadequate staffing levels as a separate violation from the other patient care violations, the reality is that inadequate staffing was probably the cause of the other patient care issues.  Federal regulations require nursing homes to have properly trained staff on hand in adequate numbers to meet the care needs of the residents on a 24-7 basis.

Where there are chronic patient care issues such as bed sores, significant numbers of medication errors, and recurrent falls, that is a sign that the nursing home probably does not have adequate staffing to truly meet the care needs of the residents.  The lack of adequate staffing will always go back to the decisions of the ownership of the nursing home to put profits ahead of the well-being of the nursing home residents whose care was entrusted to them.