Sunny Acres Nursing Home: Equipment Failures Deny Showers - IL
The resident, identified in inspection records only as R2, told inspectors she had been receiving only bed baths for several weeks. "There is an aide who comes in at 5:00 AM because that is when I like my showers," she said, "but I don't know if there's not enough help or what, because she is by herself and so I only have gotten bed baths for several weeks."
Shower sheets from July 31 through August 25 confirmed it. No showers. Bed baths only, for over three weeks.
The certified nursing assistant who reported for the 5:00 AM shift to accommodate R2's preference explained exactly why. "When staff have transferred and assisted her they have been getting hurt," she told inspectors on August 27. "It really does take two people." Without a second staff member available, the aide said, R2 got a bed bath. The facility had a bariatric shower chair, she said, but the commodes were standard plastic and she wasn't sure they were safe. "I don't think we have a bariatric commode to use for her," she said. "R2 could get up to toilet if we had the right equipment. Her wheelchair and the commodes do not fit her and so her recliner is the only place for her to go right now."
The certified occupational therapy assistant who worked with R2 told inspectors the problem had started with a recent weight gain. "Staff brought to our attention that the shower chair and R2's wheelchair are too small now," she said. The largest commode the facility stocked was 28 inches. R2 needed something larger. The shower chair, she confirmed, was actually suitable. The wheelchair and the commodes were not.
The administrator in training offered a different read of the situation. "R2 is adamant that they occur first thing in the morning," she said of the showers. "It is a busy time of day for staff, so we have an aide that comes in early." She said she wasn't sure why that aide couldn't manage the transfer to the shower chair alone. "That seems doable for staff to get completed." Then she acknowledged what the nursing assistant and the occupational therapy assistant had already made plain: "We have been searching for a commode since we don't have one the appropriate size for R2. Her wheelchair does not fit her either. We realize these are accommodations that need met to care for R2 properly."
The facility was searching. R2 was in her recliner.
The nursing assistant who arrived at five in the morning to honor a resident's preference for early showers had been doing so, apparently, for weeks, while the equipment that would make a shower possible sat on a list somewhere. R2 had a scheduled shower on Mondays and Fridays. She would tell the aide when she wanted one. And the aide, alone, without a second person and without a commode that fit, gave her a bed bath instead.
Inspectors cited the deficiency under a tag level indicating minimal harm or potential for actual harm, affecting few residents. The citation covers a resident's right to receive care and services that accommodate her individual needs, including her preference for morning showers and her need for equipment that fits her body.
What the records don't show is how many Monday and Friday mornings R2 told the aide she wanted a shower, and the aide had to explain, again, why she couldn't.
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SUNNY ACRES NURSING HOME in PETERSBURG, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 28, 2025.
The resident, identified in inspection records only as R2, told inspectors she had been receiving only bed baths for several weeks.
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