Warren Barr South Loop
WARREN BARR SOUTH LOOP in CHICAGO, IL — inspection on October 1, 2025.
Found 1 citation. 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
have an escort for safety reasons when going out of the facility to appointment. V2 stated R1 should not have left the facility without an escort. V2 stated it's the nurse's responsibility to check which resident needs an escort before sending the resident out to an appointment. V2 stated there is an appointment sheet by the nursing station documenting all resident appointments, time of appointment and if an escort is needed.
V2 stated V5 (Work Clerk) schedules appointments and indicates on the appointment book who needs an escort.On 09/30/2025 at 1:50PM, V8 (Licensed Practical Nurse-LPN) stated via phone that the CNA who was assigned to R1 had already left at 6:45AM, so the front desk called V8 (Does not remember who) at approximate at 7:05AM and stated R1's ride for an appointment was here. V8 stated he asked the other night nurse (cannot remember name) about R1's appointment and what V8 was needed to do before R1 left for appointment. V8 stated the night nurse told V8 to print R1's face sheet. V8 then asked another CNA (cannot remember name) to get R1 ready for her appointment. V8 stated the CNA got R1 ready, put R1 in a wheelchair and took R1 downstairs to the front desk for pick up to appointment. V8 stated he did not have any information if R1 needed an escort to appointments and during change of shift, the nurse handing over to him for the night shift told V8 that there were no residents with appointments the following morning. V8 stated he is an agency nurse, and this was the first time working at the facility and got a quick orientation from the nurse handing over to him. V8 stated he was not told where to find things like communication book, so he trusted what the nurse he was working with told him and did not know R1 needed an escort to appointments.On 09/30/2025 at 2:48PM, V10 (Lead receptionist) stated he was at the front desk when R1 went to her appointment. V10 stated R1 was supposed to go with an escort but the escort was not available at the time transportation got here. V10 stated he asked V11(Certified Nursing Assistant-CNA supervisor) to accompany R1 to her methadone clinic but V11 is not an escort.On 09/30/2025 at 3:09PM, V11(Certified Nursing Assistant -CNA supervisor) stated R1 was going to appointment and there was a mix up with the escort, so V10 asked V11 to escort R1 to the appointment. V11 stated when R1 got to the appointment, he (V11) stayed outside and never went inside clinic with V11 because he did not know what he was supposed do since this was his first time accompanying a resident to an appointment. V11 stated when he saw R1 come out of the clinic with the transportation driver, he got into the van and drove back to the facility with R1. V11 stated the transportation driver handed something to the nurse but he does not know what it was.
V11 stated he did not know what his role was for accompanying R1 to the methadone clinic since he is not trained as a resident escort.Facility's list of residents on Methadone dated 9/18/2025 documents:-R1 must have an escortPolicy titled Appointments and Transportation dated 6/25/2025 documents:-Depending on the resident's medical, physical and cognitive needs and condition, the resident may require an escort while out of the facility for an appointment. If the resident has no representative, family member, friend, etc. to escort him/her during the appointment, the facility will provide one.
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