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Posted: 9:00 AM Dec 11, 2008
Patient Falls Down, Nursing Home Fined
A Springfield nursing home has been fined by federal officials who say the facility failed to prevent an elderly patient strapped into a wheelchair from tumbling down a flight of stairs.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A Springfield nursing home has been fined by federal officials who say the facility failed to prevent an elderly patient strapped into a wheelchair from tumbling down a flight of stairs.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services imposed the $3,500 fine against the Capitol Care Center.
Capitol Care Center administrator Cynthia Schaaf says she did not know whether the facility would dispute the fine.
The fine stems from an incident on Sept. 24. Eighty-six-year-old Alfred "Stan" Catherwood was in a wheel chair when fell down eight stairs, breaking bones in his face and neck.
The state report says the 228-bed facility did not provide adequate supervision or maintain a hazard-free environment.
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Posted by: Shirley
Location: Rockford
on Dec 11, 2008 at 03:36 PM
My mother is in a nursing home for care. Maybe if the state would pay these CNA's what they are worth there wouldn't be a shortage of help in the homes. They do their best with the help they have but you can't watch each person every second. And if the families of patients would care and come and spend time with their family member and help once in a while they appreciate that too. We are there every night and make sure she eats and we get her ready for bed and the Thank you we get from staff are really sincere. Mom won't let anyone get her ready for bed except her family. If a patient is told they aren't suppose to do things and they still do it it isn't the fault of the staff. Elderly people do not want to wait for help and 5 minutes seems like hours.
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