La Bella of Rochelle

1021 Caron Road, Rochelle, IL 61068 · (815) 562-4047
For profit - Corporation · 74 certified beds

La Bella of Rochelle has a 1-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in March 2025, found 12 citations, 3 for actual harm or immediate jeopardy (the Illinois average is 12.6). It was fined 7 times in the last three years, $308,891 in all.

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on March 5, 2025 found 12 citations. What an inspection citation means

• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.March 5, 2025 · F0686 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.March 5, 2025 · F0692 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.March 5, 2025 · F0883 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.March 5, 2025 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.March 5, 2025 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.March 5, 2025 · F0578 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.March 5, 2025 · F0677 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.March 5, 2025 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.March 5, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.March 5, 2025 · F0755 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.March 5, 2025 · F0756 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Keep all essential equipment working safely.March 5, 2025 · F0908 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 55 citations.

• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.July 22, 2026 · F0600 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.July 22, 2026 · F0610 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.July 22, 2026 · F0744 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.June 30, 2026 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.June 30, 2026 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.June 17, 2026 · F0600 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.June 17, 2026 · F0755 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.February 2, 2026 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.January 8, 2026 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.January 8, 2026 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.December 12, 2025 · F0602 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.December 5, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.December 2, 2025 · F0825 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.October 23, 2025 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.October 23, 2025 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.July 1, 2025 · F0697 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.July 1, 2025 · F0755 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.June 20, 2025 · F0550 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.June 20, 2025 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.May 5, 2025 · F0801 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.May 5, 2025 · F0802 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.May 5, 2025 · F0803 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.April 14, 2025 · F0686 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.April 14, 2025 · F0825 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.April 8, 2025 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.March 25, 2025 · F0573 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.January 22, 2025 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.December 9, 2024 · F0573 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.December 9, 2024 · F0610 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.December 9, 2024 · F0727 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.December 3, 2024 · F0622 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.December 3, 2024 · F0623 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.December 3, 2024 · F0626 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.December 3, 2024 · F0660 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.December 3, 2024 · F0661 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.November 18, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.November 18, 2024 · F0690 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.October 7, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.September 26, 2024 · F0659 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.September 13, 2024 · F0697 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.September 13, 2024 · F0755 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.July 2, 2024 · F0689 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.April 30, 2024 · F0609 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.April 30, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.April 4, 2024 · F0580 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.April 4, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.April 4, 2024 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.February 28, 2024 · F0697 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.February 28, 2024 · F0710 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.February 13, 2024 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.January 10, 2024 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.January 10, 2024 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.November 16, 2023 · F0880 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.November 7, 2023 · F0686 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.October 27, 2023 · F0689 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Fines and payment denials

• Fine of $14,758June 20, 2025
• Fine of $60,737March 5, 2025
• Fine of $109,889November 18, 2024
• Fine of $38,948September 13, 2024
• Fine of $14,050April 30, 2024
• Fine of $27,154April 30, 2024
• Fine of $43,355January 10, 2024
• Medicare payment denial for 56 daysStarting June 12, 2026
• Medicare payment denial for 4 daysStarting March 28, 2025
• Medicare payment denial for 57 daysStarting December 10, 2024
• Medicare payment denial for 2 daysStarting October 8, 2024
• Medicare payment denial for 81 daysStarting May 23, 2024

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

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