Alden Poplar Creek

1545 Barrington Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
(847) 884-0011

Alden Poplar Creek describes itself as a rehabilitation and health care facility that offers short-term rehabilitation, transitional care, and post-acute services. The facility has 217 beds.

Medicare gives Alden Poplar Creek a perfect overall rating of Much Above Average. This rating includes a staffing rating of Below Average, a Much Above Average quality measures rating, and an Above Average health inspection rating.

The health inspection rating will tell you the most important details of the care and treatment of residents. Alden Poplar Creek’s Above Average health inspection rating comes from recent inspections that noted such infractions as

9/13/18 Failure to provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. The facility was found to have failed to contain and date respiratory equipment and sanitize medication trays and respiratory equipment after resident use, affecting four residents. A nurse was reported to have used the same medication tray for two residents without sanitizing it in between. Another nurse was seen putting a nebulizer away without cleaning the air chamber or face mask. Finally, a resident’s nebulizer machine was observed with parts laying out uncontained overnight. Each of these incidents goes against the facility’s infection prevention policies.

9/13/18 Failure to keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential. It was reported that the facility failed to properly destroy resident medication labels of four residents. A nurse had an open waste receptacle with no lid on a medication cart and the medication labels of our residents were visible, violating resident privacy.

9/13/18 Failure to implement gradual dose reductions and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. Staff failed to ensure as-needed orders for drugs were limited to 14 days of use for three residents. Medicine not taken during the 14 days should have been disposed of and a new order requested if resident still required the medication. Staff failed to follow this policy for the three mentioned residents.