Morgan Park Healthcare: Resident Rights Violation - IL
The inspection at Morgan Park Healthcare, completed January 30, 2026, documented what two residents and two certified nursing assistants described independently: no wipes, no proper linens, and workers improvising with whatever they could find.
One resident, identified in the report as R4, told inspectors the evening before the inspection closed: "They have used paper towels to clean me. That makes me feel bad, they should have towels or wipes to clean me."
Another resident, R2, said the same thing had happened to them. "They use paper towels to clean me. I don't like when they do that. It makes me mad."
Both residents were describing peri care, the cleaning of a person's genital and rectal area. It is among the most intimate forms of assistance a nursing home provides, and among the most dependent moments in a person's day. The supplies required are not specialized or expensive. Wipes and soft cloths are standard. Paper towels are not.
The two CNAs who spoke with inspectors did not dispute what the residents said. They confirmed it and described going further.
A CNA identified as V9 told inspectors at 6:27 PM on January 29: "I have had to use paper towels to clean residents. I've ripped up shirts, blankets and sheets to use to clean residents."
V10, another CNA, confirmed using paper towels when linens were unavailable.
These were not accounts of a single bad shift. The phrasing from both aides, "I have had to," suggests a pattern, something workers had adapted to over time rather than a one-night shortage they flagged and resolved.
A licensed practical nurse, V14, told inspectors the following morning that staff should not be using paper towels on residents and that proper towels or wipes were the appropriate standard. The LPN did not explain why the facility had failed to maintain them.
Inspectors cited the facility for failing to ensure appropriate peri care supplies were available for two of the three residents they reviewed for dignity. The deficiency was classified as causing minimal harm or potential for actual harm. That classification sits near the lower end of the federal harm scale, but it applies to physical harm. The residents themselves described something else: feeling bad, feeling mad, feeling that what was being done to them was wrong.
The Illinois Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program's residents' rights materials, referenced in the inspection report, state that facilities must treat residents with dignity and respect and care for them in a manner that promotes quality of life. Morgan Park Healthcare was cited for falling short of that standard.
What the inspection report does not contain is any explanation from facility management about how long supplies had been inadequate, whether the shortage had been reported internally, or what steps, if any, had been taken before inspectors arrived. The report does not indicate that administrators were interviewed. The voices in the record belong to the residents and the aides, the people closest to the problem and the furthest from the decisions that created it.
The CNAs who ripped up shirts and sheets were not acting out of cruelty. They were trying to do their jobs without the tools to do them. But the residents lying in their beds, being cleaned with paper towels, did not experience the distinction.
R4 said it made them feel bad. R2 said it made them mad. Neither said anything about supply chains or staffing budgets or the gap between what a facility is supposed to provide and what it actually has on hand at 6 PM on a January night. They said what it felt like. That is the part that stays in the record.
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MORGAN PARK HEALTHCARE in CHICAGO, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on January 30, 2026.
One resident, identified in the report as R4, told inspectors the evening before the inspection closed: "They have used paper towels to clean me.
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.