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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 29-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Burr Ridge and Dupage County, Illinois. The Medicare-participating facility is located at:
6801 Highgrove Boulevard
Burr Ridge, Illinois 60521
(630) 920-2900
Brookdale Burr Ridge Nursing Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Brookdale Burr Ridge Nursing Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides assisted and independent living options, memory care, hospice, health care services, and continuing care retirement communities, along with physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Fined $6,500 for substandard care
Illinois and the federal government have the legal obligation to monitor every nursing facility and impose monetary fines or deny payments through Medicare if the home has violated established nursing home regulations and rules. In severe cases, the nursing facility will receive multiple penalties if investigators find the violations are severe and harmed or could have harmed a resident.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Brookdale Burr Ridge Nursing Center for $6,500 on November 20, 2017, citing substandard care. The nursing home received seven complaints over the last three years that resulted in a violation citation.
Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Illinois Adult Protective Services Website.
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The state of Illinois and Medicare.com routinely update their comprehensive list of deficiencies online to reflect all violations
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of two out of five stars, including three out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues, and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to use the needed assistive devices to prevent a fall for [one resident] who sustained injuries.” The state investigators observed the resident “sitting in a mechanical reclining chair being wheeled to the lobby of the facility by [a family member] along with several visitors.”
A review of the facility Incident Investigation documented on October 15, 2018, shows that the staff showered the resident and were getting her dress. The staff “used the sit-to-stand lift instead of using the mechanical lift.” The resident’s hands “started to slip from the sit-to-stand lift handles, and her arms were bending. [The resident] complained of pain in her arms.”
A review of the Radiology Report of the same day revealed that the resident had “an acute fracture of the right distal clavicle.” Additionally, “the left shoulder and humerus showed the left humeral neck has an oblique fracture with some separation and displacement.”
The nursing staff sent the resident to the hospital and was readmitted back to the nursing home after treatment. The Administrator stated that the resident had been transferred from a sheltered care section to the skilled nursing section because the resident “needed a mechanical transfer device with two-person assists for transfers.”
A review of the admission Fall Risk Assessment revealed that the resident “had a history of three or more falls. No order for a mechanical lift device was found on the Order Summary Report with active orders as of December 10, 2018.” Additionally, the resident’s Plan of Care from the same date “did not show a plan for the use of a mechanical device [before] the fall.”
At the time of the incident, two Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) were present when the resident “was holding onto the sit-to-stand, had a sling on both arms, fell backward, and the sling went up on both arms.” The CNAs stated that “they should have put her back on the mechanical transfer lift, transferred to bed, and applied the cream in bed.” Both of these employees “no longer work at the facility.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Brookdale Burr Ridge Nursing Center? Contact the Illinois nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Dupage County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Burr Ridge.
Discuss your case with us now through an initial case consultation at no charge to you. Also, we offer a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we postpone payment for our services until after we have secured a monetary recovery on your behalf.
Sources:
Attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld
Licensed in Illinois
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home