The North Church Nursing and Rehab nursing home in Jacksonville, Illinois is getting more press, and, in the process, putting to bed the notion that there’s no such thing as “bad press.” One 69-year-old resident was forced to leave the facility against his will after speaking to the State Journal Register, a Springfield newspaper. According to […]
Staff at Saline Care Center Ignores “Black Box” Medication Warnings
The staff at the Saline Care Center is Harrisburg, Illinois repeatedly ignored “black box” warnings on prescribed medications for residents, resulting in unsafe changes in the doses that residents were receiving. Medication errors like these can often prove extremely harmful or even fatal. Most people visiting the pharmacy don’t have a great deal of interest […]
Home-Based Health Care Cuts Lead To Higher Nursing Home Costs Says Research Group
The state of Illinois is poised to cut $11 million from home-based health care, but would the cuts merely lead to higher costs in other areas? The answer, according to the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, an Illinois based nonprofit that analyzes and recommends public policy decisions in the field of health care, is […]
Hospitalization Required After Medication Error At Fon Du Lac Rehabilitation, East Peoria Illinois
A resident at the Fon Du Lac Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in East Peoria, Illinois was hospitalized after being administered the wrong medication. The resident was given Clozaril, an antipsychotic and Wellbutrin, an antidepressant. The combination resulted in a swollen tongue, hallucinations, and an inability to walk or grasp objects. Before distributing any medication, […]
Identifying Injuries Caused By Nursing Home Neglect And Abuse
The family of a St. Louis nursing home resident is highly suspicious about a series of injuries their 86-year-old loved one has experienced. The injuries include swollen black eyes, a broken nose, and broken cheekbones. The nursing home claims it was a nursing home fall. They claim that the resident fell out of bed. The […]
Ignored Plan of Care Results in Fractured Hip at Asta Care Center in Colfax
If you took a poll of 100 nursing home staff members and asked them how important it was to follow the plan of care, 100 out of 100 would say that it is very important. And yet time and again, staff members make a conscious decision to break those plans. Sometimes, the plans are broken […]
“Harry Potter” Technology Can Track Nursing Home Residents
An algorithm developed at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA utilizes security cameras and facial recognition software to monitor the whereabouts of multiple nursing home residents inside a nursing home. 13 residents were used in a trail at an actual nursing home under normal conditions. Using the technology, nursing homes were able to pinpoint the […]
Heartland of Galesburg Fined For Series of Nursing Home Falls
The Heartland of Galesburg nursing home in Galesburg, Illinois is an 84-bed for-profit nursing home. It’s part of a chain of nursing homes operating in Illinois and neighboring states. The nursing home was recently fined for failing to prevent a series of dangerous nursing home falls that occurred to two of the residents at Heartland […]
Heritage Health Gibson City Resident Develops Stage IV Bed Sore
A resident at the Heritage Health nursing home in Gibson City, Illinois developed a Stage IV bed sore while living at the facility. The pressure ulcer (also known as a bed sore) developed on the resident’s heel in spite of the nursing home’s policy requiring daily skin checks. The resident was admitted to the nursing […]
Holy Family Villa Continues To Struggle With Hygiene, Bed Sores
It’s been almost a year since I last posted about Holy Family Villa in Palos Park, Illinois. At the time, the Holy Family Villa held the distinction of having the most outrageous quote attributed to one of their employees in a nursing home inspection report. After a series of truly dangerous lapses in nursing home […]
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