ALDEN ESTATES OF BARRINGTON
CMS
Actual Harm
Infection Control
Medication Error
Wound Care
Penalty
$18,395
Outcome
ALDEN ESTATES OF BARRINGTON in BARRINGTON, IL was fined $18,395 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ALDEN ESTATES OF BARRINGTON (BARRINGTON, IL) — $18,395 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ALDEN ESTATES OF BARRINGTON in BARRINGTON, IL was fined $18,395 by CMS following 17 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's continuous compliance monitoring would have flagged the regulatory gaps that led to these CMS fines — through automated survey-readiness checks, real-time deficiency tracking, staff compliance dashboards, and corrective action plan enforcement — preventing the violations before the next federal survey.
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