Mistreatment of the elderly living in nursing homes is disgraceful, unacceptable, and reprehensible. Many families entrust the care of their loved one to the nursing home staff only to be horrified when they realize that they are being mistreated, neglected, or abused by caregivers, employees, or other patients.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Moultrie County nursing facility, contact the Illinois nursing home affiliate attorneys at (800) 926-7565 now for immediate legal assistance. Let our team of abuse prevention lawyers work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages.
This long-term care center is a 63-certified bed "for-profit" home providing services to residents of Sullivan and Moultrie County, Illinois. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
100 Eastview Place
Sullivan, Illinois 61951
(217) 728-7367
Eastview Terrace Health Care Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Eastview Terrace Health Care Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
This facility also provides comprehensive adult life skills training, coping skills, aggression, and symptom management, depression management, and in-house work program. The nursing home also provides respite care, hospice, Alzheimer’s/dementia care, recuperative stay options, physical, occupational and speech therapies, along with a smoking program.
Illinois and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home that has been cited for a serious violation that harmed or could have harmed in nursing home resident. Typically, these penalties include imposed monetary fines and denial of payment for Medicare services.
This nursing facility received six complaints and self-reported four issues over the last three years that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive Illinois Adult Protective Services Website.
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Information on every intermediate and long-term care home in the state can be reviewed on government-owned and operated database websites including the Illinois Department of Public Health and Medicare.gov.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, two out of five stars for staffing issues and one out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to protect [one resident’s] right to be free from physical and verbal abuse.” The investigation involved a resident with “long-term and short-term memory problems, inattention, disorganized thinking, and moderate cognitive impairment.”
The resident’s MDS (Minimum Data Set) Assessment indicated that the resident “exhibited behaviors including hallucinations, delusions, rejection of care, and other symptoms such as scratching, pacing, disrobing, throwing, or smearing bodily wastes, and screaming.”
The facility’s Initial Investigation Report documented on October 27, 2018, “an allegation of physical and verbal abuse perpetrated by [a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)] toward [the resident].” A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) stated “I was working, and I heard a lot of commotion coming from [the resident’s] room. I went into the room and they [two Certified Nursing Aides] were having a hard time with [the resident who was] kicking, screaming, hitting, fighting, and throwing (feces).”
The Licensed Practical Nurse stated that they called for another LPN to come help but they just “stood back at first and did not help with the caring for [the resident] or try to talk to [the resident].” The documentation shows that the second LPN who had just entered the room then “put a sock in [the resident’s] mouth. The socks did not get into [the resident’s] mouth by accident; it was deliberative.” The reporting LPN stated that the aggressive LPN told the resident that the resident was a bastard. This [list of events] all happened around 2:00 AM.”
During an interview with the aggressive LPN, it was revealed that “I did say [the resident] was trying to be a bastard. I have no idea how the socks ended up in [the resident’s] mouth. When [the resident] was fighting, I jumped and the socks fell out of my hand onto [the resident’s] forehead, rolled down, and then [the resident] bit on them.”
The Administrator told the investigators that they were going to terminate the aggressive Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and end his employment, but the LPN sent in their resignation while they were suspended during the investigation.
Do you believe that your loved one has suffered harm through mistreatment while living at Eastview Terrace Health Care Center? Contact the Illinois nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Moultrie County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Sullivan.
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Sources:
Attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld
Licensed in Illinois
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home