Axiom Healthcare West Frankfort: Staff Chaos Violations - IL
That is what federal inspectors documented at Axiom Healthcare of West Frankfort after a complaint inspection completed September 16, 2025.
The trouble started on July 20, when CNAs working the 2:00 to 10:00 PM shift on the north and south halls turned a workplace dispute into something loud enough to hear from the nurses' station. V32, a CNA, had gone to a resident's room and confronted V18, another CNA, about a staffing assignment. V29, the activity director who was working that day as weekend manager, said she could hear staff yelling and screaming at each other and went to find out who it was.
What she found was V32 blaming V18 for upsetting two other CNAs, V24 and V9. V29 went and asked V24 and V9 directly whether V18 had done anything to upset them. They said no. V24 was upset, V29 said, but not at V18. She was upset about the drama at the facility generally. Then V24 left.
The argument didn't end there. Later that same shift, a third CNA, V39, came into work. V18 was entering a resident's room and shut the door with her foot because she had just put on gloves. V39 opened the door and asked why she had slammed it. V18 said she hadn't slammed it. V39 told her she was just weird.
By the end of the shift, V18 was the only CNA to leave early. Timecard records confirmed it.
The screaming was audible across both main halls. The north and south halls are where all 38 residents named in the room roster live: R2, R23, R4, R18, R11, R33, R24, R29, R10, R6, R13, R38, R39, R35, R32, R1, R19, R15, R40, R41, R25, R8, R30, R26, R42, R27, R43, R5, R44, R45, R21, R12, R16, R17, R7, R31, R46, R47, and R48.
Two agency nurses who worked at the facility during this period described the same environment. V27, an agency licensed practical nurse, said the second night she worked there, V32 was following V18 down the hall yelling at her, carrying over an argument from the night before. "The place had all kinds of drama going, it was crazy," V27 said. She said the CNA being followed down the hall went home early because she didn't feel comfortable with the situation.
V40, another agency LPN, remembered CNAs yelling at each other during his time at the facility. He could hear them from the nurses' station. "Residents wanted to go to the bathroom and they couldn't," V40 said. "It was chaos at the facility."
The administrator, identified in the report as V1, knew about the yelling involving V18, V32, and V39, and knew about the way they were acting in the facility. The inspection report does not document what, if anything, V1 did about it.
The facility's own resident rights policy, though undated, states that all employees are expected to treat residents, family members, co-workers, and visitors "with the utmost respect, kindness, and professionalism at all times," and that employees who fail to provide superior care will be subject to corrective action, up to and including termination.
The inspection cited the deficiency at a level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, with some residents affected. The citation covers the right of residents to live in an environment that respects their dignity.
What the inspection does not document is whether any of the 38 residents on those halls, waiting for help getting to the bathroom while two aides screamed at each other across the hall, ever got there in time.
Full Inspection Report
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AXIOM HEALTHCARE OF WEST FRANKFORT in WEST FRANKFORT, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 16, 2025.
That is what federal inspectors documented at Axiom Healthcare of West Frankfort after a complaint inspection completed September 16, 2025.
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.