Evercare of Calhoun: Discharge Notice Failures - IL
The facility, located at 1 Myrtle Lane in Hardin, had cleared a resident for transport in its van before the family knew the move was happening. The inspection report does not name the resident. It does not say where the resident was taken, or whether the family learned of the transfer before or after the van left.
The deficiency was cited at the minimal harm level, meaning inspectors concluded no serious injury resulted. That finding says nothing about what the family experienced.
The facility's own discharge policy, revised just months before the inspection in April 2025, is explicit: before a resident is transferred or discharged, the facility must provide written notice to the resident and, if known, to a family member or legal representative. That notice must include the reason for the transfer, the date it takes effect, and the destination. For non-emergency situations, the notice is supposed to arrive at least 30 days in advance.
None of that happened here.
A staff member identified in the report only as V1 described to inspectors how discharges are supposed to work at the facility: the care team, family, and resident initiate the process together, referrals go out, the receiving facility is contacted to set a date and time, the physician issues orders, and the family is notified. V1 said it was determined the resident was ok to transport in the van.
The sequence described by V1 suggests a process that moved forward, at some point, without the family being looped in when they should have been.
The facility did not wait for inspectors to force a response. By the time the August 19 inspection took place, Evercare of Calhoun had already taken corrective steps. On July 21, a staff member identified as V12 provided education to V1, V2, and V4 on discharge planning, with specific attention to ensuring responsible parties are notified of discharges and transfers. That same day, the facility held an emergency quality assurance meeting that included the medical director, identified as V13, to identify the problem and begin developing a formal plan of correction.
A monitoring schedule was put in place: V2 would review discharges and transfers five days a week for 60 days, then drop to three times a week for four weeks, then shift to monthly reviews after that.
Whether that monitoring is catching anything, the inspection report does not say.
The federal deficiency tag attached to this finding, F0627, covers a resident's right to receive advance notice before being transferred or discharged, and the right to participate in deciding where to go. It is not a clinical tag. It is not about medication errors or pressure wounds or falls. It is about whether a person living in a nursing home, and the people who love them, get to know what is happening before it happens.
Families of nursing home residents often describe the feeling of receiving a call informing them that a loved one has already been moved. The inspection report at Evercare of Calhoun does not describe that call, or whether it came. It records only that the written notice required before the transfer was not provided.
The resident was transported in the van.
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Evercare of Calhoun in HARDIN, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 19, 2025.
The facility, located at 1 Myrtle Lane in Hardin, had cleared a resident for transport in its van before the family knew the move was happening.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.