IDPH cited and fined Aperion Care Capitol after its staff mismanaged the diabetes care of a resident which resulted in the wrongful death of the resident. The resident was a 73 year old man who was a long-time diabetic who was cognitively intact and had a good understanding of how his diabetes should be managed. […]
Diabetes care mismanaged at Aperion Care Capitol
Fall in shower at Champaign County Nursing Home
The Champaign County Nursing Home was cited and fined by IDPH after a resident suffered multiple facial fractures and a dislocated jaw as a result of a nursing home fall while getting a shower. The resident had severe cognitive impairments and required the assistance of two for bathing due to generalized weakness and immobility. However, […]
Brain injury after being rolled from bed at Bria of Palos Hills
IDPH cited and fined Bria of Palos Hills nursing home after a resident was rolled out of bed during care and suffered a brain injury. Compounding the neglect on the part of the staff, they failed to timely summon EMS to take the resident to the hospital. The resident suffered from a variety of conditions, […]
Unsafe Transfer at Alden Town Manor Results in Broken Hip
Alden Town Manor nursing home in Cicero was cited by IDPH after a resident suffered a broken hip during a transfer that was being performed by a single aide rather than the required two aides. The resident at issue had been properly evaluated as a fall risk with need to extensive assist for mobility and […]
Infection from skin tear at Eldorado Rehab
Eldorado Rehab and Healthcare in Eldorado was cited and fined by IDPH after a resident developed an infection due to improper treatment of a skin tear. The initial injury occurred when the when the legs to the resident’s wheelchair were being moved. It was a significant skin tear measuring 12 cm, or just under 5 […]
Maggots discovered in bed sore at Manor Court of Clinton
IDPH has cited and fined Manor Court of Clinton nursing home after a resident developed heel and hip pressure ulcers. The resident was admitted to the nursing home for a short-term rehab stay. This means that whatever long-term chronic conditions he suffered from, there was an expectation that he would return home and whatever long-term […]
Fall from toilet at Leroy Manor
The Illinois Department of Public Health cited and fined Leroy Manor in Le Roy after a resident sustained a head injury in a fall from the toilet. The underlying facts leading to the nursing home fall which injured this resident are simple enough: the resident was cognitively impaired and requires extensive assist of two with […]
Fall from wheelchair at Hillcrest Retirement Village
The Illinois Department of Public Health cited and fined Hillcrest Retirement Village in Round Lake Beach after a resident there fell forward from her wheelchair and suffered a broken neck. The resident at issue was a stroke survivor with right sided hemiplegia. During the care planning process, she was assessed as being a high fall […]
Aperion Care Capitol fails to obtain equipment to treat bed sore
Aperion Care Capitol nursing home was cited and fined by IDPH after it failed to obtain the medical equipment needed to carry out a doctor’s order to treat a resident suffering from a bed sore. The resident at issue was admitted to the nursing home on July 10 with a Stage IV bed sore to […]
Park Pointe resident suffocates as a result of fall
Park Pointe Healthcare & Rehab was cited and fined by IDPH after a resident suffocated after falling from bed at the nursing home and being trapped in between the wall and the bed. The resident at issue had limited mobility die to a recent hip fracture and significant musculoskeletal weakness and needed assistance with bed […]