LOFT REHABILITATION & NURSING in EUREKA, IL was fined $393,520 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 61 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

LOFT REHABILITATION & NURSING (EUREKA, IL) — $393,520 in CMS Fines

Outcome: LOFT REHABILITATION & NURSING in EUREKA, IL was fined $393,520 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 61 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.

Deficiency areas cited:

• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.


• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.


• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.


• Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.


• Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.


• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.


• Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.


• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.