Alden Des Plaines Rehab and Health Care Center

1221 East Golf Road
Des Plaines, IL 60016
(847) 768-1300

Alden Des Plaines Rehab and Health Care Center is a short-term care facility that has 110 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 Des Plaines an overall rating of Much Above Average. This rating takes into account an Above Average health inspection rating, Above Average staffing rating, and a Much Above Average quality measures rating.

While the health inspection rating is good, a number of infractions were found during inspections in 2018, including but not limited to the following:

6/8/18 Failure to provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health. The facility failed to ensure proper nutrition and sustenance was provided to a resident with pressure sores and a history of significant weight loss as well as to follow a physician-ordered fluid restriction for another resident.

6/8/18 Failure to provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. The facility was found to have failed to follow their policy in documenting reconciled controlled and narcotic substances during each shift and storing Schedule II controlled medications under proper security. The facility also failed to follow their policy in documentation of medications administered to a resident.

6/8/18 Failure to provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident. Staff failed to evaluate a resident’s swallowing abilities and to recommend a proper diet upon admission. A resident was readmitted with doctor’s orders for a pureed diet but was instead given normal foods based on an assessment from a previous admittance.