Aperion Care Westchester
APERION CARE WESTCHESTER in WESTCHESTER, IL — inspection on May 29, 2026.
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
V19 stated V19 did an internal investigation for this incident. V1 denied sending in the incident report
documents R4's family member was being verbally aggressive by the nurse's station and started
was OK and had no concerns. R4 had a shower and no unusual behaviors were noted during the shower.
The family member called police because the family member did not like the CNA.
The family member was redirected and R4 remains at baseline.The Facility Reported Incident with the date of the occurrence being 4/21/26 documents the incident category as resident abuse.
The incident description reports that R4's family member alleged that V9 put water on R4's face. R4's family member reported the incident to the police. V9 was not assigned to R4. R4 was interviewed and stated V9 did not attempt to drown R4 but had just washed R4's face. R4 is at baseline and had no concerns. V9 was interviewed and stated V9 showered R4 around 7:00 AM with assistance of another CNA. V9 denied any incidents occurred and once R4 was bathed, R4 was dressed and stayed in the dining room.
Another staff member was near the area during the shower and did not hear R4 scream out or see any incidents during the shower.
There is a care plan for R4 in regards to R4's family members who has poor boundaries.
Social services checked on R4 to monitor psychosocial and emotional well-being. R4 remained at baseline for mood and behavior and feel safe in the facility.
This report was not sent to Illinois Department of Public Health's Regional Office.
This was documented as an internal investigation.The Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE] documents a Brief Interview for Mental Status score as 6 (severe cognitive impairment).
The policy titled, Abuse and Retaliation Prevention and Reporting- Illinois, dated 1/8/26 documents, .
Abuse means any physical or mental injury; retaliation; or sexual assault inflicted upon a resident other than by accidental means.
Internal Reporting Requirements and Identification of Allegations - Employees are required to report any incident, allegation, or suspicion of potential abuse, neglect, exploitation, retaliation, mistreatment, or appropriation of resident property they observe, hear about, or suspect to the administrator immediately, to an immediate supervisor who must then immediately report it to the administrator or to a compliance hotline or a compliance officer.
Reports will be documented, and a record will be kept of the documentation.
Any allegation of abuse, retaliation, or any incident that results in serious bodily injury will be reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health immediately, but not more than two hours after the allegation of abuse.
Any incident that does not involve abuse and does not result in serious bodily injury shall be reported within 24 hours.
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