F 0600
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment,
and neglect by anybody.
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that two residents (R3 and R4) were free
from physical abuse. This failure affected two residents (R3 and R4) reviewed for abuse, resulting in R4
sustaining a laceration above the right eye.
Findings include:
R4's Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) dated 2/24/2025 documents R4 has a BIMS score of 15,
which indicates R4's cognition is intact.
On 3/25/2025 at 12:23pm R4 observed sitting in wheelchair in his room watching television. R4 alert and
oriented times three. On 3/25/2025 at 12:25pm R4 was interviewed regarding the incident that occurred
with his roommate (R3) on 3/1/2025. R4 stated we (R3 and I) had a little altercation. R4 stated I really can't
remember what happened. R4 stated I do remember the both of us had to go out to the hospital. R4 stated
I had a little cut above my right eye. R4 stated I was moved from the room on the first floor to this room on
the second floor. R4 stated I don't know if my roommate had any injuries. R4 stated I have not seen my old
roommate since the incident happened.
R3's Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) dated 2/18/2025 documents R3 has a BIMS score of 15,
which indicates R3's cognition is intact.
On 3/26/2025 at 12:34pm R3 observed walking the first-floor hallway, back to his room. R3 alert and
oriented times three. R3 stated I remember the incident that occurred between me and R4 on 3/1/2025. R3
stated (R4) was my roommate. R3 stated someone sent (R4) a pizza. R3 stated (R4) offered me some
slices of the pizza. R3 stated I took the pizza. R3 stated then (R4) offered me some garlic bread and I
refused the garlic bread. R3 stated (R4) said to me eat this garlic bread and threw a piece of garlic bread at
me; but the garlic bread missed hitting me. R3 stated after that I looked at (R4) and said to (R4), what are
you a girl, are you going to cry? R3 stated when I said that to (R4), (R4) started rolling his wheelchair
towards me and started to swing his arms at me. R3 stated (R4) managed to hit me in the upper chest and
clipped me on the right side of my chin. R3 stated I did hit (R4) back. R3 stated the nurse came into our
room after the incident and did not see what happened between us. R3 stated I did go out to the hospital
and stayed at the hospital for a few hours. R3 stated when I returned from the hospital, the staff had moved
R4 to another room on the second floor. R3 stated I think R4 was having a bad day.
On 3/25/2025 at 3:05pm V4 (RN/Registered Nurse) was interviewed and stated I am familiar with R3 and
R4. V4 stated I was working on 3/1/2025 on the first floor. V4 stated I was passing medications at the time.
V4 stated the other nurse I was working with came to me and stated she heard some
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Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other
safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the
date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided. For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date
these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
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Event ID:
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No. 0938-0391
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
STATEMENT OF DEFICIENCIES
AND PLAN OF CORRECTION
(X1) PROVIDER/SUPPLIER/CLIA
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
(X2) MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION
146001
B. Wing
A. Building
(X3) DATE SURVEY
COMPLETED
03/27/2025
NAME OF PROVIDER OR SUPPLIER
STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
Aperion Care International
4815 South Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60609
For information on the nursing home's plan to correct this deficiency, please contact the nursing home or the state survey agency.
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F 0600
Level of Harm - Minimal harm
or potential for actual harm
Residents Affected - Few
commotion in R3 and R4's room. V4 stated I went into R3 and R4's room. V4 stated both R3 and R4 stated
they were fighting, I separated R3 and R4. V4 stated I brought R4 back to the nurse's station to provide first
aid because R4 had a laceration over his right eye. V4 stated as I was talking with R4, R4 would not give
me a direct answer as to what happened between him and R3. V4 stated all R4 stated to me was to ask R3
about the incident. V4 stated when I questioned R3 about the incident, R3 stated R4 was getting into his
personal space, and he told R4 to back away from him but R4 would not back away. V4 stated R3 did not
have any injuries. V4 stated both R3 and R4 went out to the hospital. V4 stated when R4 returned from the
hospital he was moved to a room on the second floor.
On 3/25/2025 at 3:17pm V5 (CNA/Certified Nursing Assistant) stated I am familiar with R3 and R4. V5
stated I did work on the first floor on 3/1/2025, R3 and R4 were not on my caseload. V5 stated I went off the
floor for my lunch break, when I returned to the floor, I was told R3 and R4 had had a fight. V5 stated I
noticed R4 had a cut above his eye. V5 stated I can't remember if R3 had any injuries. V5 stated both R3
and R4 went out to the hospital.
On 3/26/2025 at 12:43pm V2 (DON/Director of Nursing) stated I am familiar with R3 and R4. V2 stated from
what I heard, I was not a witness, R3 and R4 got into it. R3 did not want to eat the garlic bread R4 was
offering to him. V2 stated R4 threw the garlic bread at R3. V2 stated R4 then started to roll himself in the
wheelchair toward R3, and R4 hit R3 in the chest. V2 stated none of the staff witnessed the incident. V2
stated the nurse on duty, V4(RN/Registered Nurse), stated she had just left out of their room and heard the
commotion when returning to the medication cart, went back into the room and separated R3 and R4. V2
stated after the incident both R3 and R4 went to the hospital due to behaviors.
The facility's Abuse Prevention and Reporting-Illinois Policy dated 10-24-22, which documents in part, the
facility affirms the right of our residents to be free from abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation of
property, deprivation of goods and services by staff or mistreatment. This facility therefore prohibits abuse,
neglect, exploitation, misappropriation of property, and mistreatment of residents. In order to do so, the
facility has attempted to establish a resident sensitive and resident secure environment. The purpose of this
policy is to assure that the facility is doing all that is within its control to prevent occurrences of abuse,
neglect, exploitation, misappropriation of property, deprivation of goods and services by staff and
mistreatment of residents.
FORM CMS-2567 (02/99)
Previous Versions Obsolete
Event ID:
Facility ID:
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