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This long-term care home is a "for-profit" 92-certified bed center providing care and services to residents of Nokomis and Montgomery County, Illinois. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating facility is located at:
505 Stevens Street
Nokomis, Illinois 62075
(217) 563-7725
Nokomis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
In addition to providing 24/7 skilled nursing care, Nokomis Rehabilitation and 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 an 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 nursing home regulators and federal inspectors have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home identified as violating rules and regulations that harmed or could have harmed a resident. Typically, these penalties include monetary fines and denial of payment of medical services.
The nursing home received nine 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 federal government nursing home regulatory agencies routinely update their care home database system. This list contains historical information of all citations and violations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one 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 thoroughly investigate and report to the department an injury of unknown origin, allegations of potential abuse involving [a staff member], allegations of abuse involving [a resident], and grievances/complaint reports filed for [two residents].”
For one resident, the Nursing Notes indicated the resident had bruises to the left upper arm measuring 5.0 cm x 1.5 cm and a red area with a small multiple abraded area noted by staff.” The document shows that the husband was not aware of any trauma but that the resident is not oriented and confused.
The CNAs signed a written statement indicating that “they have observed her spouse grabbing her arms with the attempts to stand up out of the chair or wheelchair. They do not recall her injuring herself to cause discoloration.” The Certified Nursing Assistants state that the spouse “sits her down like that frequently.”
The Director of Nursing stated “I assume the husband caused the bruising because I have seen him grab her arms. The bruises look like hand and fingerprints. When questioned if she interviewed other residents and staff to rule out abuse, [the Director] stated, ‘no, I assumed it was the husband and did not investigate any further.”
In a separate incident, a male resident’s Nurse’s Note indicates that the resident “is touching on women on the way to his seat for meals.” One resident stated that “he rubbed on my back and shoulders and tried to touch my chest.”
A review of the resident’s Behavior Monitoring Record documents that the resident “undressed [himself] and walked down to breakfast naked and rubbed a female resident’s shoulders on the way to breakfast.”
The facility Administrator stated that the incident involving the naked resident “was not investigated. No abuse investigation was sent to the department.” The Administrator also stated that the incident “was not investigated [or] reported to the department.” This investigation was conducted after a review of records and interviews.
Were you the victim of mistreatment, neglect, or abuse while living at Nokomis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center? Contact the Illinois network of abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. Our dedicated attorneys represent Montgomery County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Nokomis.
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Sources:
Attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld
Licensed in Illinois
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home