Attorney for Negligence & Abuse at Alden Estates of Orland Park

• Facility name: Alden Estates of Orland Park
• Facility address: 16450 South 97Th Ave, Orland Park, IL 60462
• Facility phone: (708) 403-6500

Alden Estates of Orland Park is a 200 bed for-profit rehabilitative care and short term health care facility. Alden’s advertising paints a picture of upscale care, something beyond the standard nursing home. Their website boasts a holistic approach to quality care, using innovative therapies designed to send patients home as quickly and safely as possible.

Luxurious accommodations and indulgent amenities are intended to make Alden a wonderful and enjoyable place to call home while recuperating from surgery or a hospital stay. While many Alden facilities are highly rated by Medicare, Aden Estates of Orland Park have an overall rating of Much Below Average, with a health inspection rating of Below Average, a staffing rating of Much Below Average, and a quality measures rating of Above Average. Alden Estates of Orland Park has had a total of 27 complaints resulting in a citation in the past three years. Here’s a sampling of recent citations:

11/9/2023 Failure to provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for residents who were unable. The facility failed to provide timely Activities of Daily Living care to residents that required staff assistance. The facility also failed to completely rinse off the soap from a resident’s body during provisions of care. This applied to 4 of 6 residents who were reviewed for activities of daily living.

11/9/2023 Failure to ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. The facility failed to identify a resident who actively smokes and secure smoking paraphernalia. Additionally, the facility failed to ensure safe positioning of residents when a staff member attempted to provide a bed bath to a resident who required two staff members to reposition her, resulting in her legs dangling off of the bed.

11/9/2023 Failure to provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health. The facility failed to ensure that a resident identified as having significant weight loss received his gastronomy tube feeding as ordered by the physician to prevent further weight loss.

11/9/2023 Failure to provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. The facility failed to change the resident’s midline dressing to ensure integrity of the catheter and to prevent potential intravenous site infections. The facility also failed to document the midline site/location, as well as the baseline external midline catheter length and mid-arm circumference per policy and procedure.

11/9/2023 Failure to provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. The facility failed to ensure residents received oxygen therapy as ordered by the physician during multiple observations.

11/9/2023 Failure to ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. The facility failed to ensure medications were administered according to the physician’s orders. There were 2 medication errors out of 25 opportunities, resulting in an 8% medication error rate.

 11/9/2023 Failure to provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. The facility failed to implement infection prevention control measures and follow facility policy related to hand hygiene while providing care and during medication administration.

11/9/2023 Failure to develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. The facility failed to offer the influenza and pneumonia vaccines. In a sample of 33, it was found that 5 out of 5 residents who were reviewed for influenza or pneumonia vaccines had not been offered them.