Alden Debes Rehab and Health Care Center

550 South Mulford Avenue
Rockford, IL 61108
(815) 484-1002

Alden Debes Rehab and Health Care Center is a large short-term care facility that has 268 beds and offers short-term rehabilitation, transitional care, and post-acute services. It is known for its many post-acute rehabilitation programs for orthopedic, cardiac, pulmonary, and neurology patients.

Medicare gives Alden Debes an overall rating of Above Average. This rating takes into account an Average health inspection rating, Above Average staffing rating, and a Much Above Average quality measures rating. The merely average health inspection rating is a result from a number of infractions found in 2018, including but not limited to

6/14/18 Failure to provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. The facility failed to ensure four residents who needed extensive assistance with activities of daily living received assistance. One resident was found with saturated incontinence pads and soiled clothing, two residents did not receive timely assistance when help with shaving was requested, and the fourth resident did not receive assistance cutting food after an injury to their left hand and could not eat.

6/14/18 Failure to provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion, limited range of motion and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. The facility failed to assess four residents with contractures and implement interventions such as providing splints or other devices.

6/14/18 Failure to ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. The facility failed to ensure staff were knowledgeable in how to transfer residents with hip precautions and failed to ensure a safe transfer by not using a mechanical stand lift and a gait belt.

One resident experienced pain when a staff member helped her into bed incorrectly. It was later found that her hip replacement was twisted, setting back her recovery. A second resident was pulled into a standing position by the forearms against instructions to use a mechanical stand. Finally, staff failed to offer a resident a gait belt when the resident moved from a wheelchair to the bathroom.