Elder Law

Nursing Home Cited For Deficiencies

By Levin & Perconti

A nursing home has recently been cited by a state agency for a series of problems at the facility that forced resident to live in substandard conditions, risking severe harm to the vulnerable seniors.

WMTW News reported on the report which claims the Kennebunk Nursing Home and Rehab Center failed to provide basic necessities to the residents of its facility. Issued by the state?s Department of Health and Human Services the report found that nursing home employees often failed to change the bedding of incontinent patients, forcing them to sleep in their soiled sheets. The facility was also cited for failing to give some patients their pain medication while suffering through ailments.

The inspectors discovered that the facility was often unreasonably cold, and workers brought in blankets from home to keep themselves warm while residents suffered. Even worse is that many residents were forced to take cold showers and baths as the facility had insufficient warm water.

The state department has given the negligent nursing home two months to correct the problem. Failure to fix the deficiencies would result in a recommend of license revocation.

Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on December 13, 2010 (boomark / email).