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New Post: Resident suffers broken ankle in unsafe transfer at Loft Rehab of Rock Springs - IDPH has cited and fined Loft Rehab of Rock Springs nursing home in Decatur after a resident there sustained a fractured ankle while being transferred from her wheelchair to her bed with the assistance of a single aide rather than the two which were required. Used properly, a mechanical lift is a helpful piece of equipment in a nursing home.  It allows residents to be safely transferred from bed to wheelchair, wheelchair to chair, and so forth.  It also spares the staff the task of moving residents manually, which reduces the incidence of injury to the staff from lifting injuries and to residents from rough or improper handling while being moved. The key phrase in the paragraph above is "used properly."  This is because when the lift is not used properly, the potential for disaster lurks.  Proper use of the lift includes the staff being properly trained in the use of the lift, two staff involved in the transfer (one to handle the resident, the other to manage the controls), and all of the equipment and accessories on the lift itself being in good working condition.  One of the more common types of accidents we see with the use of lift is having one person doing a two-person job (see here, here, and here for examples). On the day of this nursing home fall, the resident was being transferred from her wheelchair to her bed using a lift.  There was only a single aide involv...