F0919

F

Inaccessible Call Light Systems in Community Bathrooms and Shower Rooms

Mount Vernon, Illinois Survey Completed on 12-08-2025

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

Surveyors identified that the facility failed to provide an accessible call light activation system in multiple community bathrooms and shower rooms, despite a policy requiring call light devices to be kept within resident reach in rooms and bathrooms. On the 200 hall, one shower room across from a resident room had a call light string by the toilet positioned behind the toilet, extending only to about 3 inches above the bottom of the toilet tank, and there was no call light available from the shower stall area. In another 200 hall shower room located across and between two resident rooms, there was no call light accessible near either the toilet or the shower stall. On the 300 hall, one shower room lacked a call light accessible from the shower stall area, and a second 300 hall shower room had no call light accessible from either the toilet or the shower area. On the 100 hall, the shower room did not have a call light accessible from the shower stall. The Maintenance Director later stated that toilets and shower stalls should have call light strings available and within reach for residents to use if they were to fall. The facility’s LTC application documented that 60 residents resided in the facility at the time of the survey.