Regulators find nursing home report on assault

Illinois nursing home regulators have located a missing report on a deadly assault filed by a suburban nursing home.

Illinois Department of Public Health spokeswoman Melaney Arnold says the report came in by fax Monday but “got stuck with another fax” and wasn’t found until Thursday. She says it was filed in a timely manner as required by law.

Earlier, the department had said it had no such report from Oak Park Healthcare Center in Oak Park about an altercation that led to a resident’s death.

Authorities say 80-year-old Anibal Calderon was assaulted Sunday by another nursing home resident and later died. The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled his death a homicide.

The state health department is investigating the incident.