Many families are overwhelmed when they make the ultimate decision to place a loved one in a nursing home to ensure the quality of their life is maximized. They believe that they will receive the best care in a compassionate, respected, and safe environment. Unfortunately, not all members of the nursing team will uphold their responsibility and provide care that meets the resident’s needs.
If your loved one was injured while living in a Whiteside County nursing facility, contact the Illinois nursing home affiliate attorneys now for immediate legal help. Our team of abuse prevention lawyers can work on your family’s behalf to ensure you receive monetary compensation for your damages. Let us begin working on your case today.
This nursing facility is a "for-profit" Medicare and Medicaid-participating home providing services to residents of Rock Falls and Whiteside County, Illinois. The 55-certified bed long-term care center is located at:
1000 Dixon Avenue
Rock Falls, Illinois 61071
(815) 625-8510
Sauk Valley Senior Living Health Care Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Sauk Valley Senior Living 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 $1,746 for substandard care
State investigators working on behalf of the federal government, along with Medicare and Medicaid, has the legal authority to impose monetary fines or deny payment for Medicare services to any nursing facility violating rules and regulations.
Within the last three years, federal investigators imposed a monetary fine against Sauk Valley Senior Living Health Care Center for $1,746 on March 01, 2017, citing substandard care.
This nursing facility received ten complaints and self-reported three serious 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 one out of five stars concerning health inspections, three 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 protect [the resident] from abuse. This failure resulted in [a resident] feeling angry and embarrassed.”
The facility abuse investigation concerning the incident shows that a cognitively intact resident alleged that a moderately, cognitively impaired resident “touched her inappropriately while riding on the bus to church.” The form indicates that the church provides transportation for the residents.
The reporting resident answered the surveyor’s questions saying that “she could not believe she had to retell the story again.” The female resident stated that “she was riding on the bus to church when [the other resident] started to unzip her jacket and then fondled her breast and chest area.”
The female resident stated that the alleged perpetrator “then grabbed her hand and placed it in his crotch.” The female resident said that “she told the people at church and then when she got back to the facility, she told [the activity lady] and [the nurse] what had happened.” The resident stated that “she felt very angry and embarrassed by what happened.”
The facility “failed to prevent [a resident] from being verbally abused.” The resident stated that a staff member “told me I was a liar and faking.” The staff member “said she should call a religious-based long-term home I wanted to transfer to and tell them I was a liar and faker.”
The staff member “made innuendos that I would let a gay male staff person perform mouth-to-mouth on me and not any of the current female staff. I do not approve of homosexuality. Then, [the staff member] took me down the hallway to the TV room with my feet dragging the whole time and turned backward so I could not see where we were headed. These comments made me feel disgusted and embarrassed.”
Has your loved one been being mistreated or neglected while living at Sauk Valley Senior Living 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 Whiteside County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Rock Falls.
We do not charge for case evaluations and consultations. Also, we provide a 100% “No Win/No-Fee” Guarantee. This promise means we will postpone all of your payments for legal services until after we have secured a financial recovery on your behalf. All information you share with our law offices will remain confidential.
Sources:
Attorney Jonathan Rosenfeld
Licensed in Illinois
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home