Failure To Properly Screen CNA Could Cost Facility 3.5 Million
A lawsuit was recently filed on behalf of a mentally disabled man who police say was sexually assaulted by a CNA at an assisted-living facility. The lawsuit alleges that the Cote De Neige Home for Adults and its owner, Rose Daniels Potter, failed in their duty to exercise "reasonable care" when they hired Junious Boyd Batten for a job as a certified nursing assistant in a facility with developmentally impaired residents. The home "knew or should have known that (Batten) was unfit, unsuitable, untrustworthy and incompetent for the position ... and was likely to cause injury and harm to residents,"...
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Bye Bye Criminals
Criminals will no longer be able to work in Illinois Nursing Homes. More than two years ago, Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich signed a House Bill 2531 into effect to protect nursing home residents. Under the new law, nursing homes must do a full background check, including running fingerprints on a national database, prior to hiring employees who have direct interaction with residents. In addition to employees at nursing homes, the new law also screens prospective employees at: community living facilities, home health agencies, hospices, assisted living facilities, day training programs and community living arrangements. The new law is welcome...
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