Nursing home negligence takes on many forms, where the nursing staff can misbehave, or other patients assault the resident because of a lack of supervision. Many nursing homes are understaffed, or the administration hires inadequately trained Nurses and Nurse’s Aides. Other nursing facilities did not follow acceptable practices for providing the utmost care.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Macoupin County nursing facility, contact the Illinois nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal intervention. 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 facility is a 75-certified bed Medicare and Medicaid-participating center providing services to residents of Brighton and Macoupin County, Illinois. The "for-profit" home is located at:
502 North Main
Brighton, Illinois 62012
(618) 372-3232
Robings Manor Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Robings Manor 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.
Fined $31,106 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 Robings Manor Rehabilitation and Health Care Center for $31,106 on November 02, 2016, citing substandard care. The nursing home received eight 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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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the Illinois Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three out of five stars for staffing issues and four out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to prevent abuse for [three residents] reviewed for abuse.” The following documentation indicates that “an abuse incident happened on February 22, 2019 but was not reported nor an investigation started until February 25, 2019.”
Additionally, “the alleged perpetrators were allowed to work their schedules on February 25, 2019, and February 26, 2019.” A handwritten investigation form documented by the Administrator indicates that they saw a Unit Aide “becoming frustrated with feeding [a resident].” The Aide “pushed her chair away from the table and told the Unit Aide to get her the F away from her before she loses her job.”
A Dietary Staff Member stated that on the evening of February 23, 2019, during the second feeding at the table, they witnessed the CNA forcibly feeding the resident “in a very forceful way as [the resident] cried and threw her hands up as if trying to block a hit.”
The dietary staff member said that the resident “looked and acted very scared of her.” The CNA “then pushed her away from the table and while taking her bib off, hit her in the forehead with her forearm – possibly by accident. However, she then told [the Unit Aide] ‘you had better get her the [***] away from me before I lose my job!’ She is always very mean to them.”
The Dietary Staff Member stated that “the Unit Aide, a Laundry Staff Assistant, and a Registered Nurse (RN) all witnessed the event.” The Administrator stated that she did not pull either one of the Unit Aides “from working when she found out about the abuse accusations.”
Do you believe that your loved one was the victim of abuse or neglect while living at Robings Manor 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. We represent Macoupin County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Brighton.
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Sources:
Attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld
Licensed in Illinois
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Lawyer Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home