The Department of Public Health issued nearly $2.3 million in fines to 210 Illinois nursing homes during the first quarter of 2025. [Health News Illinois]

The agency cited four homes with “type AA” violations that led to resident deaths. They were:

Alden Estates of Huntley for failing to supervise and implement a physician's orders for an individual's diet, leading them to choke and subsequently die.

Bria of Palos Hills for failing to implement interventions to prevent accidental removal of tracheostomy cannula and accidental extubation for a ventilator dependent resident; ensuring a ventilator care unit had uninterrupted nursing supervision; initiating intravenous access to provide intravenous fluids and failing to call 911 immediately upon determining that intervention for hypoglycemia was not effective, leading to the death of a resident.

City View Multicare Center in Cicero for failing to ensure a cognitively impaired resident on an altered diet had access to a regular consistency sandwich, which led them to choke and subsequently die.

Goldwater Care Danville for failing to provide timely emergency airway management and suctioning for a resident in respiratory distress during a medical emergency.

Seventy-two homes received “type A” violations for incidents with a “substantial probability” of death or serious mental or physical harm.

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