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LaSalle County Nursing Home to decertify four beds, pursue repairs and upgrades amid staffing shortages
Summary
The nursing home reported plans to decertify four beds, install cameras and parking-lot lighting, repair a shower floor, replace an unreliable bus, and continue hiring CNAs while RN shortages persist; the committee accepted the report.
Kathy Stein, speaking for the LaSalle County Nursing Home, told the committee the facility will decertify four beds — reducing certified capacity from 79 to 75 — by converting two four-bed rooms into two two-bed rooms to make rooms less institutional and more private.
Stein reported a current census of 61, with four new admissions and three discharges during the reporting period. She described ongoing admissions outreach to regional hospitals and discharge planners and noted a successful respite stay for a patient with a serious mental illness diagnosis.
On capital projects and maintenance, Stein described multiple planned upgrades: installing cameras in A, B and D halls and in the dining…
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