Illinois nursing homes are required by law to investigate and report every incident involving abuse of any kind occurring in the facility. Unfortunately, not all nursing home administrators take appropriate measures to immediately investigate and notify the State Agency within 24 hours, and choose instead to determine on their own which allegations have merit and those that do not. Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC represent abused residents of Illinois nursing facilities like Timber Point Health Care Center to protect the rights and assist them in seeking the financial compensation they deserve.
Timber Point Healthcare Center
This Nursing Home is a ‘for profit’ 110-certified-bed Center providing cares and services to residents of Camp Point and Adams County, Illinois. The Medicare/Medicaid-accepted Facility is located at:
205 East Spring Street
Camp Point, Il 662320
(217) 593-7734
This facility provides skilled nursing care, along with other services that include:
- IV therapy
- Respite care
- Wound care
- Dementia/Alzheimer’s care
- Colostomy care
- Catheter care
- Enteral feeding programs
- Off-site dialysis
- Pain management
- Restorative nursing
- Nutrition and hydration program
- Bowel and bladder program
- Audio services
- Hospice
- Respite
- Restorative nursing
- Diabetes management
Camp Point Nursing Home Resident Safety Concerns
To ensure the families are fully informed of the care that nursing home offers in their community, the federal government and state of Illinois routinely update their completed list of safety concerns, health violations, opened investigations and filed complaints of Homes nationwide. This information can be used to make an informed decision before placing a loved one in a facility.
Currently, Timber Point Health Care Center maintains an overall three out of five available star rating in the nationwide Medicare rating summary system. This includes four out of five stars for health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing concerns and one out of five stars for quality measures. The Adams County nursing home neglect attorneys at Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC have reviewed various safety concerns and deficiencies at this nursing facility that include:
- Failure to Investigate and Report Allegations Involving Abuse In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 04/22/2016, the state investigator made a notation during a Resident Census and Condition Report of the facility’s failure to “identify, thoroughly investigate and report to the State Agency an allegation of abuse made by [a resident].”The deficient practice was first noted in the state investigator’s findings after reviewing a 01/11/2016 Social Service Progress Note that a resident’s daughter had reported to the Social Services Director “that a man was coming into their room. He came in on Monday, Tuesday and Sunday of this week.” The Social Services Director indicated that the resident “did not mention sex during questioning [but] just mentioned a male coming into the room and spending a great deal of time the first few times and a short time on Sunday.” The resident voiced that the unwanted visitor was a “male nurse.”
The state investigator interviewed the Director of Nursing who stated “there was one accusation that a male nurse had sex with the resident. We did have a male nurse (Registered Nurse), but we let him go a few months ago for medication errors during his probationary period.”
- Failure to Ensure Residents Remain Free from AbuseIn a summary statement of deficiencies dated 09/22/2016, a notation was made by a state investigator involving the nursing home’s failure to “prevent one resident… from being physically and verbally abused.” The deficient practice was first noted in the state investigator’s findings was first documented by a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) on 09/02/2016 with notations in the Facility Occurrence Resolution Notes.”The CNA “reported to the nurse that they “had witnessed [another Certified Nursing Assistant holding the resident’s] wrists down during care and holding her hand over [the resident’s] mouth.” The CNA also said that they had witnessed the other Certified Nursing Assistant holding “a soiled brief up to [the resident’s] face and was yelling at [the resident who is] cognitively impaired and has frequent behavioral issues such as hitting and yelling.” The document revealed that the resident stated ‘she put sh*t in my mouth’. The documentation revealed that “there were no signs of the resident having feces in his mouth.”
The alleged CNA perpetrator “admitted holding her hand across his mouth and holding his wrists down.” The CNA “was immediately terminated from her position with the facility and a police report was made by the Administrator. The facility’s Director of Nursing stated on the morning of 09/22/2016 that “she was told of the incident and other department heads waited for [the perpetrator] to come back from a break.” At that time, the Director of Nursing interviewed the CNA who admitted to the allegations.”
Camp Point Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers
If you suspect your loved one has suffered harm through abuse, neglect or mistreatment while a patient at Timber Point Health Care Center, call the Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC law offices. Let our experienced Camp Point attorneys legally represent you in filing and resolving your claim for compensation against the nursing home, Administrator, and staff members who caused your loved one harm.
We encourage you to contact our Adams County area elder abuse law office today by calling (888) 424-5757 to schedule your no-obligation, comprehensive initial case review. No upfront retainers or fees are required because we accept every nursing home abuse claim for compensation through contingency fee arrangements.
Sources:
http://bit.do/RILnursing-Timber-Point-Health-Care
http://www.idph.state.il.us/ltc/docs/SurveyResult/6003750FA09222016.PDF
http://www.idph.state.il.us/ltc/docs/SurveyResult/6003750FA06102016.PDF
http://www.idph.state.il.us/ltc/docs/SurveyResult/6003750FIAK04222016.PDF
