BRIA of Elmwood Park: Fall Prevention Failures - IL
The citation is tagged F0689, the federal standard covering accident hazards and supervision....
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The citation is tagged F0689, the federal standard covering accident hazards and supervision....
The facility's wound care policy, dated October 2020, lays out a sequence that staff are expected to follow every time they treat a resident's wound....
The deficiency was one of nine cited during a complaint inspection conducted September 4, 2025....
Federal health inspectors cited the facility under a regulatory category covering quality of life and care....
The citation, issued September 10, 2025, fell under the category of resident rights deficiencies....
One of those deficiencies involved something that sits at the foundation of nursing home care: the care plan....
Federal inspectors visited the 120 Bellefontaine Street facility on September 4, 2025, responding to a complaint....
The deficiency was classified as causing minimal harm or potential for actual harm, and inspectors noted it affected a small number of residents....
The citation, issued September 4, 2025, came out of a complaint investigation....
The violation was tagged at Scope and Severity Level E, meaning inspectors found it wasn't an isolated slip....
Federal health inspectors visited Pines Nursing and Rehab on September 4, 2025, and left behind a report documenting 38 separate citations....
Seven deficiencies in a single inspection at a small-town senior living facility is not a number to scroll past....
That call came on August 28, 2025....
Those are not minor administrative details....
That finding, cited September 5, was one of 11 deficiencies inspectors recorded during the visit....
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident #1, was prescribed Apixaban, sold under the brand name Eliquis, twice daily....
The facility's own written policy stated that elopement drills would be held quarterly....
The resident, identified in inspection records as Resident 19, had been seen earlier that night walking the facility's floors looking for snacks....
The inspection, conducted September 4, 2025, was triggered by a complaint....
Inspectors determined that a few residents were affected....