Illinois Nursing Home Faces $20,000 Fine
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) assessed a $20,000 fine to Golden Moments Senior Care Center in Jacksonville, Illinois after an investigation revealed that the facility failed to protect its residents from abuse at the hands of a nurse's aide and failed to take immediate action against the abuse.
Allegedly, residents had been complaining for weeks about the behavior of the nurse's aide and that several facility staff members knew or suspected that abuse was occurring but failed to report the behavior immediately. The nurse's aide allegedly threatened to cut the throat of a 68 year-old resident, slapped a female resident in the face, took food away from a hungry resident, and made fun of other disabled and sick residents.
The accused aide has been fired as was another aide who failed to report the abuse to facility management. The aide accused of abusing residents denies any abuse occurred, allegedly saying, "I would never hurt (the residents). I'm going to school to be a nurse."
Golden Moments is fighting the fines assessed by the IDPH saying the fines weren't deserved because of the facility's quick response.
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