Imboden Creek Senior Living: Wound Care Failures - IL
The facility's own treatment records told the story. A physician had ordered wound care for the resident, identified in inspection records as R2, twice daily — at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. — for 24 days beginning August 26, 2025. The treatment was specific: cleanse the sacral wound with normal saline, pack gauze soaked in quarter-strength bleach water into the wound using a cotton-tipped applicator, then cover with a gauze pad. Twice a day. Every day.
The September 2025 Treatment Administration Record documents that the 8 a.m. treatment was not completed on September 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, and 14. The 8 p.m. treatment was not completed on September 12.
Ten missed treatments in 14 days.
When a corporate nurse and a licensed practical nurse finally performed the wound care on September 16, what they found was not a wound on its way to healing. The wound was unstageable, classified as a deep tissue injury. There was full-thickness tissue loss. Muscle was exposed and could be directly seen. The wound bed and edges were red and inflamed. When the LPN packed the bleach-soaked gauze into the undermining around the wound edges, R2 complained of pain.
The facility's own Director of Nurses confirmed on September 16 that nurses are required to perform weekly wound assessments. R2's medical record showed the last skin and wound assessment had been completed on July 28, 2025 — nearly seven weeks before inspectors arrived on September 17.
Nobody had done one since.
The Director of Nurses did not dispute what the records showed. She confirmed the weekly assessments had not been performed, confirmed the treatments had not been completed as ordered, and confirmed the consequence: if wound treatments are not completed as ordered, the wound could worsen and likely become infected, causing it to take longer to heal.
R2 had been a resident since December 20, 2024, and carried a significant medical history — Parkinson's disease, unsteadiness on her feet, a history of ovarian cancer, acute kidney failure, and dementia. A pressure ulcer in a patient with that combination of diagnoses is not a minor inconvenience. It is a serious wound in a body with limited ability to fight back.
The inspection also identified a second resident, R1, with wounds requiring treatment. The Director of Nurses acknowledged on September 11 that both R1 and R2 had pressure ulcers needing care. A hospice nurse confirmed on September 17 that hospice documentation showed no pressure ulcer on R1 at the time of admission to the facility, meaning the wound developed there.
The deficiency was cited under the federal standard requiring facilities to provide care and treatment to prevent pressure ulcers from developing and to promote healing in residents who already have them. Inspectors classified the level of harm as minimal harm or potential for actual harm — a designation that, given the visible muscle exposure and the ten missed treatments, leaves room for debate.
What the records show is a wound that required twice-daily attention and received it, at best, on alternating days during the first two weeks of September. A wound that had not been formally assessed since July. A wound with exposed muscle and inflamed edges that caused a resident with dementia to cry out in pain when a nurse finally packed it.
The Director of Nurses knew. She said so herself, on September 11, six days before the inspection concluded. R1 and R2 both had wounds that needed treatment.
The treatments still weren't getting done.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Imboden Creek Senior Living from 2025-09-17 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: Official federal inspection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Last verified: June 28, 2026 · Our methodology
IMBODEN CREEK SENIOR LIVING in DECATUR, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 17, 2025.
The facility's own treatment records told the story.
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.