Mercer Manor Rehabilitation
MERCER MANOR REHABILITATION in ALEDO, IL — inspection on April 25, 2026.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
certification. On 4/25/26 at 2:03 PM, V2 (DON) said, Weekends are more difficult than weekdays with
people assist anyway. I believe they are counting them and reporting the CNA students as our CNA
signed off on their skills. I try not have the students scheduled in the memory care unit because there is only one CNA back there.The facility's Resident Council meeting minutes dated 4/16/26 showed, .
Council members had complained of bathrooms not being cleaned in between resident use, call light wait times, soiled depends being left on floor, not getting fresh water daily, staff saying they will come back but to not return.The facility's policy and procedure revised 2/20/26 showed, Staffing.
Policy Statement Purpose: the purpose of this procedure is to provide guidelines for staffing the facility for resident care.
Procedure: the facility will provide sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care and considering the number, acuity and diagnoses of the facility's resident population in accordance with the facility assessment.
Facility Staffing includes but is not limited to Nurse Managers, Nurses, Certified Nurses Aides, Social Services, Activities.
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Mercer Manor Rehabilitation 309 N W 9th Avenue Aledo, IL 61231
aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
completed a training and competency evaluation program prior to working.
This affects all 58
roster showing 58 residents residing in the building.The facility's Nursing and CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) schedules were reviewed for the previous 2 weeks and showed either V9 (CNA Student) or V11 (CNA Student) assigned their own halls on 4/11/26, 4/12/26, 4/13/26, 4/17/26, 4/18/26, 4/19/26, 4/20/26, 4/21/26, 4/22/26, 4/23/26, 4/24/26, and 4/25/26. On 4/25/26 at 9:50 AM, V4 (CNA) said, There is supposed to be 4 CNAs scheduled on the south end. I've actually put in my notice here because of the staffing issues. We are short staffed today.
Students are being given hall assignments, and they haven't finished the class or tested. On 4/25/26 at 10:00 AM, V6 (CNA) said, It's me, [V9] (a CNA student), and [V5] (CNA) today. We are frequently working with students.
They say the students are able to do everything. I struggle. I struggle to get showers done, struggle to get call lights answered. I just do the best I can.On 4/25/26 at 1:37 PM, V7 (CNA) said, .
Having the students working makes it take extra time because they are new, they need help, they have questions, and they have their own assignment. I've not had a student put with me for training. V2 (Director of Nursing/DON) did some kind of clinical training here with them and then they were on their own assignments after that.On 4/25/26 at 11:22 AM, V9 (CNA Student) said, I am taking the CNA course through the facility. I have been here 1-2 months.
Today I am assigned the 100 hall and two rooms on the 200 hall. At 12:18 PM, V9 said, In the program I take online classes and do Tuesday and Thursday as clinical hours. I get scheduled 6a-2p for clinical hours and then pick up other days to help.
There is nothing different for my clinical hours verses the other days I pick up, but I've been a caregiver before. I should be certified by the end of May. I will have to take the state certification test.On 4/25/26 at 1:47PM V3 (Assistant Director of Nursing) said, .
For students, in my understanding, once they do the classroom work, they can take a hall and when they have been signed off that they know how to do certain things. It is okay for them to work their own assignment prior to their certification. On 4/25/26 at 2:03 PM, V2 (DON) said, I have been told that when they are signed off on their skills, they can perform them on the floor independently.
Most of the girls end up working together with the mechanical lifts and two people assist anyway. I believe they are counting them and reporting the CNA students as our CNA staff.
When I do the schedule, I count them as an independent staff member in the building once signed off on their skills. I try not have the students scheduled in the memory care unit because there is only one CNA back there.The facility's policy and procedure revised 2/20/26 showed, Staffing.
Policy Statement Purpose: the purpose of this procedure is to provide guidelines for staffing the facility for resident care.
Procedure: the facility will provide sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care and considering the number, acuity and diagnoses of the facility's resident population in accordance with the facility assessment.
Facility Staffing includes but is not limited to Nurse Managers, Nurses, Certified Nurses Aides, Social Services, Activities.
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