Fined for failure to initiate an immediate investigation when an allegation of staff to resident abuse was received. The facility also allowed the alleged perpetrator to continue working her scheduled shifts after the abuse allegation.
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A 76 year old woman was pronounced dead at after being found dead with a plastic bag wrapped around her head.
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Fined for failure to provide necessary care and services to a resident who was to receive a medicinal patch every 72 hours for chronic pain. The resident was taken to the hospital due to a change in mental status and increased lethargy. Emergency department staff found that the resident had three patches on his body, as well as a soiled catheter. The nurse responsible for placing the patches on the resident was terminated for negligence.
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Fined for failure to provide adequate supervision to prevent a resident from leaving the facility unnoticed.
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Fined for failure to provide supervision and monitoring of an entire wing of the facility. No staff were present during a 5- to-10-minute period. During this time, a resident was assaulted by two other residents and suffered severe facial lacerations, which required 26 stitches. The facility also failed to protect this resident from residents with a history of abuse toward other residents. The facility also failed to prevent a legally blind resident with a history of wandering from leaving the facility. The resident was found six to seven hours after he was discovered missing.
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Fined for failure to apply a resident’s body alarm as physician’s orders detail. The body alarm was to alert staff when the resident stood from a sitting position. Staff neglected to put the body alarm on the resident and did not provide adequate supervision. The resident wandered away from the facility and was found near railroad tracks.
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Controversy surrounds the decision of the US Attorney’s office in Alexandria not to publish settlements reached due to federal allegations of poor care in nursing homes with the owners of seven Virginia nursing homes and two management companies.
In each of these cases during the past four years, the government agreed to keep the settlements confidential unless the nursing homes decided to go public. Only two have gone public.
The settlements have been reached and instead of large fines previously assessed, the settlements have required the homes to invest the money into improvements in care and conditions at the homes.
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A 76 women was pronounced dead at Alden Town Manor after being found dead with a plastic bag wrapped around her head.
The facility has received a number of health violations in each of its last three inspections by the Illinois Department of Public Health, including 16 in February. The facility has not been fined for those violations.
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Failure of staff to perform hourly checks as required by the facility’s elopement policy resulted in a resident leaving the facility unnoticed. The resident was not found until the following morning.
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