Symphony of Joliet

Unfortunately, even with a higher than average Medicare rating for quality of care and staffing, the Symphony care facility located in Joliet has been cited several times through state health inspection reports for staff failing to provide the assistance necessary to prevent infection and maintain hygiene at a sanitary level when helping residents who require extra help toileting.

Examples of the fails were shared in a Spring 2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) inspection report stating that activities as simple as providing grooming and bathing assistance to giving support care for residents who are continent or incontinent of the bowel or bladder, require catheter care, and appropriate hygiene to help prevent urinary tract infections just isn’t happening.

• “Based on observation, interview, and record review, on one visit by state health surveyors from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the facility failed to clean residents 4 of 6 residents during bladder or bowel incontinence care in a manner that would prevent potential infection.”

Urinary tract infections would be the most common infection outcome from this neglect. Though the mostly painful infections rarely lead to complications, they seem to too often be misdiagnosed or left untreated in nursing home settings. And since urinary tract infections are easily preventable, the infection injury may likely trigger a relation to further neglect of a resident by staff. Untreated infections of any sort can have serious consequences and cause permanent organ damage from an acute or chronic or even death if left undiagnosed or untreated.

The experienced nursing home abuse lawyers at Levin & Perconti can help if you suspect neglect or abuse.