Nursing Home Violations in Illinois

Illinois Government News Network, Dec 14, 2006

Alden Old Town, a 16-bed intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled located at 118 S. Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale, has been fined $11,000 for failure to ensure a resident was not subjected to psychological abuse and punishment by staff.  The resident, who uses an electric wheelchair to get around, suffered scrapes and bruises after a staff person ordered the resident to crawl naked to the shower room.  The staffer then showered the resident on the dirty floor.  The facility has requested a hearing on the Department’s action.

Amberwood Nursing & Rehab Center, a 162-bed skilled and intermediate care facility located at 2313 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, has been fined $55,000 in relation to four separate incidents for failing to: (1) access/monitor a resident’s health condition, and report changes to the resident’s doctor, which resulted in the resident requiring emergency hospitalization for sepsis,  (2) assure the safety of a resident with mental retardation who left the facility and was found walking on a busy street, (3) supervise and monitor the whereabouts of a resident who had fallen in the shower and died, (4) supervise a resident while smoking which put the safety of other residents at risk.  The facility has requested a hearing on the Department’s action.

Carlyle Healthcare Center, a 119-bed skilled and intermediate care facility located at 501 Clinton, Carlyle, has been fined $5,000 for failure to provide adequate supervision to prevent a resident from leaving the facility without staff knowledge.  The resident was found across the front parking lot looking for his children whom he thought were outside.  The facility has requested a hearing on the Department’s action.

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