ALDEN ESTATES OF NAPERVILLE
CMS
Actual Harm
Documentation Failure
Infection Control
Medication Error
Nutrition Care
Resident Neglect
Wound Care
Penalty
$9,256
Outcome
ALDEN ESTATES OF NAPERVILLE in NAPERVILLE, IL was fined $9,256 by CMS following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
ALDEN ESTATES OF NAPERVILLE (NAPERVILLE, IL) — $9,256 in CMS Fines
Outcome: ALDEN ESTATES OF NAPERVILLE in NAPERVILLE, IL was fined $9,256 by CMS following 51 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- 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.
- Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
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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