Troubled Illinois Nursing Home Says Adios To Federal & State Funding After Authorities Find Ongoing Problems. Is Their Nursing Home License Next?
Sometimes change is a good thing-- especially when it comes to poorly performing nursing homes. Too often, poorly performing nursing homes get stuck in a rut, simply because there is little incentive to change. However, after three inspections where nursing home inspectors noted 'serious problems' at Fox River Pavilion, the facility has been stripped of its Medicare and Medicare funding. Although Fox River may still have a nursing home license, when a facility loses its ability to accept governmental funding, it effectively forces the facility to rely solely on 'private pay' patients. Relying exclusively on 'private pay' patients effectively forces...
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Mentally Disabled Patients Composing A Larger Portion Of Nursing Homes Population. Is Your Loved One At Risk?
Nursing home facilities often house young and middle-aged residents suffering from mental illness (including schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder) with older nursing home residents. In some cases, this has led to violence against already frail elderly residents. Younger mentally ill people now make up more than 9% of the nation’s almost 1.4 million nursing home residents. Last year, there were almost 125,000 young and middle-aged adults with serious mental illnesses living in nursing homes in the United States. This was a 41% increase from 2002, when only 89,000 mentally ill people ages 22 to 64 lived in nursing homes. ...
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Patient Beaten To Death At Nursing Home With Long History Of Safety Violations. Should This Facility Really Be Considered A Skilled Nursing Facility Or Simply A Haven for Thugs?
Murder charges may soon be filed against 62-year-old Ardyce Nauden, after he beat brutally Andres Cardona at Chicago's Columbus Park Nursing & Rehab Center. The beating occurred after Cardona allegedly tried to take Nauden's lunch. The August incident, resulted in Cardona being injured so badly that he was admitted to a hospital and placed on a ventilator. Recently, Cardona died from his injuries. By any standard, Columbus Park Nursing & Rehab Center fails to provide a safe environment for patients. According to public records compiled in the Chicago Tribune's Illinois Nursing Home Safety Report website, Columbus Park cares for a...
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Nursing Home Fails To Report Suspected Sex Abuse To Authorities
Bourbonnais Terrace Nursing Home was recently fined $20,000 by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to timely report two episodes of alleged sex abuse. An annual nursing home inspection conducted by state inspectors revealed that Bourbonnais Terrace waited three months to report the incidents involving abuse of patients at their facility to authorities. The state inspection also revealed that the alleged perpetrator has a history of mental illness and was also convicted of murder in 1990. When making their report, nursing home officials failed to disclose the perpetrators criminal history. State and federal laws require nursing facilities...
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Should Criminal Background Checks Be Required At All Nursing Homes?
Today, the Village of North Aurora, IL will consider mandatory fingerprinting for criminal background checks for all residents of the North Aurora Care Center as well as other changes at the facility. Originally constructed in 1971 for the 'care of old age", today the facility provides both daily living assistance and medical care for 103 patients. In 2006, almost half of the facilities residents had a primary diagnosis of mental illness and 60% of the residents were younger than 60. In addition to conducting criminal background searches of residents, the proposal under consideration would also have the facility install alarmed...
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