The Crossroads Care Center in Woodstock, Illinois was fined by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failure to prevent a bed sore from re-opening, as well as for the development of friction shearing tears on a resident’s thighs. Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with bed sores. These wounds, also known as […]
Cumberland Rehab Cited For Lack Of Bed Sore Treatment
The Cumberland Rehab and Health Care Center failed to provide proper treatment to a resident with the early stages of bed sores on his ankles. Without proper treatment, severe bed sores are almost guaranteed to develop. There are some places where bed sores develop that are almost impossible to cure. For example, a bed sore […]
Dangerous Bed Sore Develops In Palos Hill Healthcare
A resident at the Palos Hills Healthcare nursing home in Palos Hills, Illinois developed a Stage 4 bed sore while a resident of the facility. The bed sore was first discovered in September of last year, just 16 days after the resident was admitted to the Palos Hills Healthcare facility. Upon admission, the nursing home staff […]
Delay After Nursing Home Fall Leads To Resident’s Death at Prairieview Lutheran Home
A nursing home fall turned fatal after staff at the Prairieview Lutheran Home in Danforth, Illinois, failed to properly respond after one of their residents suffered a fall. As an Illinois nursing home lawyer, I’ve had experience with many nursing home fall incidents, and I’ve written about dozens here on this blog, including those that […]
Diabetes Risks Ignored At Chestnut Manor in Herrin Illinois
The staff at Chestnut Manor nursing home in Herrin, Illinois repeatedly ignored the need for blood sugar monitoring for a nursing home resident with diabetes. According to Chestnut Manor blood sugar monitoring sheets, the nursing home committed seven medication errors in November 2011, six medication errors in December 2011, and nine medication errors in January […]
Chicago Doctor Accused of Prescribing Dangerous Drugs To Nursing Home Residents
A story co-published by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica revealed gross nursing home neglect and medication errors in Chicago nursing homes. One Chicago nursing home psychiatrist has issued more prescriptions of the highly dangerous drug clozapine in a single year than the entire state of Texas. Clozapine is an antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia, […]
Chicago Latino Nursing Home Under Scrutiny for Subpar Conditions
Elder care residences in Illinois are more than just places were senior citizens live. They are facilities that are supposed to take care of elderly folks and make sure that these people remain healthy and happy for the rest of their lives. We trust these facilities to care for the ones we love – which […]
Christian Nursing Home Cited After Ignoring Fall Risks
The Christian Nursing Home in Lincoln, Illinois was fined after numerous deficiencies were identified in the way the nursing home administration treated residents who had suffered from nursing home falls while in the facility. The Christian Nursing Home, like any in Illinois, has an official Fall Prevention policy that indicates that after any resident suffers […]
Clearbrook Center Nursing Home in Rolling Meadows Illinois Fined by IDPH for Nursing Home Violations
Clearbook Center in Rolling Meadows, Illinois was recently cited for a host of serious violations and fined $10,000 by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). The violations revealed an assortment of neglectful behavior. One of the most important, but often overlooked, elements of care in a nursing home is the essential act of eating. […]
Communication Breakdown Leads To Broken Hip At Chateau Nursing And Rehab
A fall at the Chateau Nursing and Rehab Center in Willowbrook, Illinois has left a man in chronic pain – pain that will most likely last the rest of his life. The circumstances surrounding the incident that resulted in the injury are rife with inconsistencies. The report issued by the Illinois Department of Health and […]
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