Federal Nursing-Home Survey Record
APERION CARE INTERNATIONAL
Does APERION CARE INTERNATIONAL have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), APERION CARE INTERNATIONAL (CCN 146001), in CHICAGO, IL, has federal inspection findings on its record. CMS currently displays its federal abuse icon for this facility — a flag CMS assigns under its own published methodology for abuse-related citations (deficiency tag F600 and related).
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 18 deficiencies; the most serious carries scope/severity G on CMS's A–L scale, a level CMS classifies as actual harm. The most recent federal survey on file is dated 2024-05-02. Citations from earlier inspection cycles appear in the dated timeline below as historical findings, not current ones. CMS has $92,154 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. This page restates the federal record as published by CMS and draws no conclusion of its own.
The Federal Record
CMS has flagged this facility with its federal abuse icon.
Below is this facility's federal survey record as on file with CMS.
Federal abuse icon on file
CMS displays its abuse icon for facilities it has cited for resident abuse under its own published methodology (deficiency tag F600 and related). This is the government's own flag, restated here.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
Civil money penalties on file
$92,154
CMS has $92,154 in civil money penalties on file against this facility. CMS also records 9 day(s) of payment denial.
Overall CMS star rating: this facility vs the CMS-published state average
This facility: 1 · CMS state average: 2.5
Deficiency timeline — full federal history
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
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.
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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.
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
42 citations from earlier inspection cycles — historical, not current (expand)
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide appropriate foot care.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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.
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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 enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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 that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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.
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