Fined for failure to prevent a resident from leaving the facility unsupervised. Staff failed to do 15-minute checks on the resident as required by his care plan. The resident was found walking approximately one mile from the facility.
The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the website: http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/nursing_home_violations/quarterlyreports.htm
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Fined for failure to monitor the whereabouts of a resident with wandering tendencies and to account for all residents prior to resetting the door alarm. The resident was able to leave the facility without staff knowledge.
The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the website: http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/nursing_home_violations/quarterlyreports.htm
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Fined for failure to have in place protective measures before allowing residents on a bus with a driver who slapped a resident. In addition, the facility failed to investigate an incident in which a resident left the facility and to take corrective action to prevent other attempts to leave the facility. As a result, the resident was able to leave the facility again without staff knowledge. The facility has not yet requested a hearing, but is still within the allotted time to do so.
The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the website: http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/nursing_home_violations/quarterlyreports.htm
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Fined for failure to prevent three female residents from being sexually abused by a male resident. Staff did not know how to respond to and relay three witnessed incidents of sexual abuse to administration and did not follow the male resident’s care plan and recommendations of his psychologist. These failures contributed to a fourth incident of sexual abuse.
The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the website: http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/nursing_home_violations/quarterlyreports.htm
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Fined for failure to check the Nurse Aide Registry prior to allowing a new employee to provide direct resident care. This resulted in a certified nursing assistant, who had a finding of abuse on the Nurse Aide Registry and a disqualifying crime, being verbally abusive to a resident. After the facility’s investigation, the employee was fired.
The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the website: http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/nursing_home_violations/quarterlyreports.htm
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Levin & Perconti achieved a $510,000 settlement in a nursing home lawsuit against Lexington Health Care Center of Streamwood nursing home for the family of a 78-year-old resident who repeatedly took off her personal alarm, fell on her way to the bathroom and fractured her hip and died four months later from heart problems.
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Fined for failure to provide one-on-one supervision to a resident in order to prevent him from leaving the facility unsupervised, and to address his elopement and ingestion of inedible objects in a formal training program. The resident, who often sought out potentially dangerous food sources, was found walking toward a dumpster.
The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the website: http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/nursing_home_violations/quarterlyreports.htm
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Fined for failure to have an electronic monitoring system that functions consistently and to monitor two residents who left the facility without staff knowledge. The residents were returned to the facility unharmed.
The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the website: http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/nursing_home_violations/quarterlyreports.htm
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A study from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that between 1985 and 1995, there was a 14% increase in the number of nursing assistants per 100 residents (35 to 40 nurses per 100 residents) compared with an 8% increase in residents needing assistance.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5422a5.htm
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