Evercare At Edwardsville
EVERCARE AT EDWARDSVILLE in EDWARDSVILLE, IL — inspection on September 16, 2025.
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
rough with just 3 nurses, meds are sometimes late, 3 nurses must share the D hall med cart because the residents are split between the 3 nurses. V15 stated this company cut the 4th nurse from 6 PM to 10 PM to save money.On 9/16/25 at 5:25 AM V16 LPN stated nurse staffing is not sufficient from 6 PM to 10 PM, used to have 4 nurses then the owner cut the 4th nurse from 6 PM to 10 PM. V16 stated (R12) has complained about her meds being late. On 9/16/25 at 5:30 AM V17 LPN stated they really need 4 nurses for the 6pm to 10pm med pass to ensure quality of care. On 9/16/25 at 6:10 AM V18 Wound Care Nurse stated 3 nurses from 6 PM to 10 PM is not enough nurses. On 9/16/25 at 7:37 AM V1 Administrator stated some residents were upset in the last Resident Council meeting about receiving their medications late on the evening shift.
Surveyor asked V1 if she expects the facility nurses to sign their medications off as they administer them and V1 replied yes.
Surveyor asked if she believes the medications were administered late when the evening shift nurses sign the medications off as charted late and V1 replied yes.On 9/16/25 at 9:27 AM V2 DON stated it is difficult for the nurses to complete all tasks with 3 nurses from 6 PM to 10 PM.The facility's Resident Council Memorandum, dated 8/4/25, documented issue: waiting till after 11 PM for meds.
Residents getting very upset about it. DON (Director of Nursing) is aware of this issue.
Response by V2 DON: will review staffing with (V1 Administrator) and (owner) to see if we can increase nursing staff at night to include 4 nurses until 10 PM to ensure residents are getting their meds in a timely manner.
The facility's Resident Council Memorandum, dated 9/8/25, documented issue: nursing, meds are not getting to residents at right times, said nurses are getting angry at night.
Call lights not being answered in a timely manner.
The facility's staffing policy, undated, documented it is the policy of Evercare Skilled Nursing LLC to provide sufficient licensed and unlicensed nursing staff on each shift of the day to attain or maintain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident.
Nurse staffing shall be based upon resident evaluation by the Administrator and director of Nursing as specified by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The division of nursing needs by shift will be calculated based on the resident census and needs.
The facility's Daily Census Report, dated 9/16/25, documented there are 100 residents residing at the facility.
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IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
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Building
COMPLETED
09/16/2025
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Evercare at Edwardsville
401 St Mary Drive Edwardsville, IL 62025
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
for any resident other than the resident for whom it was prescribed. It continues, 5.
Medications may be administered one hour before or after the scheduled medication administration time. It continues, Procedure: 1.
Assemble the necessary equipment. 2.
Wash hands before and after medication administration. 3.
Gloves will be worn to administer medication when contact with blood or potentially infectious body fluid is anticipated. 4.
Nursing staff will keep in mind the 7 rights of medication when administering medications: A.
The right medication. B.
The right amount. C.
The right resident. D.
The right time. E. the right route. F.
Right indication. G.
Right outcome. It continues, 15.
Administer the medication to the resident. 17.
The licensed nurse will chart the drug.
Time administered and initial his/her name with each medication administration.
The facility's Daily Census Report, dated 9/16/25, documented there are 100 residents residing at the facility.
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