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LaSalle County nursing home flags safety repairs, staffing and therapy contract bids
Summary
Administrators reported a 65-resident census, fall incidents, staffing hires, urgent fire-door repairs estimated up to $20,000, and two therapy vendors under review as the home's contract expires Nov. 30.
LaSalle County Nursing Home administrators told the committee on Oct. 20 the facility's census stood at 65 and that managers are pursuing repairs, staffing fills and a replacement therapy contractor as the current vendor's extension ends Nov. 30.
The nursing home administrator (name not provided in the transcript) reported four admissions and four discharges in September and said the facility received new referrals following collaboration with a hospice provider. The administrator said the facility recorded 11 falls in September, with one minor and one major injury, and that half the falls occurred around 4 a.m.; staff are considering shifting showers to daytime hours to reduce night-shift risk.
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