Arcadia Care Havana: Unsafe Living Conditions - IL
The resident, identified in inspection records only as R8, told inspectors on November 24 that the toilet in their previous room would not flush and would overflow onto the floor. "It seemed like my toilet would not work for a long time," R8 said.
The problem was not isolated to one room.
A visitor interviewed the same morning described walking into another resident's bathroom and finding water across the floor. That resident, identified as R9, was a documented fall risk. The visitor, who spoke anonymously, told inspectors: "Last week (R9's) bathroom had water all over the floor and (R9) was a fall risk."
The visitor added something broader and more troubling: "I know the sewer system here does not work that well."
Federal inspectors cited the facility under F0584, which covers the basic requirement that residents live in a safe, clean, and comfortable environment. The citation noted that some residents were affected and that the level of harm was minimal or carried the potential for actual harm. For a fall-risk resident standing on a wet bathroom floor, the distance between those two categories is not large.
Arcadia Care Havana is a nursing facility in Havana, Illinois, a small river town in Mason County. The complaint-based inspection that produced this citation was triggered before Thanksgiving, and inspectors were on-site the Monday of Thanksgiving week.
R9 was identified as someone at elevated risk of falling. Wet floors are among the most common contributors to falls in nursing facilities. Whether R9 fell, whether anyone reported the flooded bathroom to maintenance before the visitor raised the alarm, and how long the sewer problems had persisted before inspectors arrived, the inspection report does not say.
What it does say is that a visitor, not a staff member, was the one who noticed.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Arcadia Care Havana from 2025-11-26 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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ARCADIA CARE HAVANA in HAVANA, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on November 26, 2025.
"It seemed like my toilet would not work for a long time," R8 said.
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.