Good Samaritan Home: Stroke Symptoms Ignored for Hours - IL
The resident had never required assistance getting to the bathroom before. When a staff member helped her up that morning, she could hardly move her left leg. The agency LPN on duty came to her room, acknowledged that the nurse practitioner had already been told about the resident's condition the day before, and said she would monitor her.
Nobody called the nurse practitioner. Nobody called the physician.
Hours passed. Around 3:00 PM, the same staff member was called back to help the resident to the bathroom again. When she arrived, the resident said she could no longer move her left arm. The agency LPN sent her to the hospital shortly after that.
The resident's nurse practitioner said she had seen the resident eight days earlier, on September 10. At that visit, the resident reported leg cramps that were worse at night and vision changes. The nurse practitioner initiated orders but saw no weakness at the time. She told inspectors she would have expected the facility to notify her or the physician immediately if the resident began showing increased weakness or needed more help with daily activities.
The Director of Nursing said the same thing. She told inspectors on September 19 that a nurse should have contacted the provider right away on September 11, when the resident first needed extra help and was reporting worsening weakness and more severe vision changes.
That call never came. The resident spent hours in a room where the people responsible for her care watched her lose function in her limbs, one after the other, and waited.
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GOOD SAMARITAN HOME in QUINCY, IL was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 19, 2025.
The resident had never required assistance getting to the bathroom before.
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.