A poorly conducted care assessment carried out at the Glenlake Terrace Nursing and Rehab Center in Waukegan, Illinois had serious consequences for one of their residents. The resident was admitted to Glenlake Terrace Nursing and Rehab Center with multiple diagnoses including diabetes. Like all nursing home residents, she was given a complete physical and mental […]
Cambridge Nursing and Rehab Center Fined For Bedsore/Pressure Ulcer Neglect
The Cambridge Nursing and Rehab Center located in Skokie, Illinois has been fined for nursing home neglect because of their negligence in caring for bedsores. In their care, a resident developed new bedsores that were subsequently ignored by the staff. A second resident was provided with a mattress designed to improve bedsore treatment, but the […]
Can Full Time Nursing Home Doctors Stem The Epidemic Of Nursing Home Neglect?
There is a growing call for nursing homes to be required to employ full time physicians to care of their residents. Currently, when a patient enters a nursing home, they keep their primary care physician (PCP). There are always problems with any new idea, but I want to focus on two at this time. The […]
Celebrating Christmas With Alzheimer’s Disease
For many adult children, the Christmas holiday season is the first real inkling that something may be wrong with their parent. Adult children often live great distances from their parent or parents, and long visits are usually reserved for holidays. If you have (or have had) this experience, don’t feel guilty. It’s not your fault. […]
Centers For Medicaid and Medicare Services Launches Anti-Psychotic Drug Nursing Home Initiative
It’s a mouthful: the “National Initiative to Improve Behavioral Health & Reduce the Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Home Residents.” I think the Centers For Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) could use a new marketing team. NIIBHRUAMSHR just isn’t catchy. Joking aside, the purpose of the initiative is welcome. Nursing home residents suffering […]
Broken Femur Goes Unnoticed At Parker Nursing And Rehab Center in Streator Illinois
There are few words to describe the abject nursing home abuse and neglect that would allow a broken femur to go completely unnoticed, and yet, that seems to be the official story behind a nursing home investigation at the Parker Nursing and Rehab Center in Streator, Illinois. According to the report, on February 16th, the […]
Broken Leg, Lacerations After Fall At Warren Park Nursing Home
A resident at the Warren Park Health and Living Center in Chicago, Illinois fell from his bed and suffered multiple cuts and bruises to his face as well as a fractured leg. The resident had been determined to be a high risk for falls during his last evaluation. The nursing home fall took place during […]
Broken Pelvis Goes Untreated For Two Days at Genesis of Aledo
A resident at the Genesis Senior Living nursing home in Aledo, Illinois, broke her pelvis after a fall from her wheelchair. No one at the facility witnessed the fall. The resident was discovered on the floor with her wheelchair tipped over. Whether or not the initial nursing home fall constitutes neglect is a difficult question […]
Broken Ribs Result From Nursing Home Fall At Meadowbrook Manor La Grange Illinois
As regular readers of this blog know, sometimes there are terrible acts of nursing home neglect in Illinois nursing homes. Often these actions are willfully negligent, sometimes they are the result of a staff cutting corners. Still other times, the neglect can be a seemingly benign oversight. Here’s the important point to remember: It makes […]
Brookside Manor Resident Escapes Facility, Attempts Suicide in Centralia Illinois
A resident of the Brookside Manor nursing home in Centralia, Illinois escaped from the facility and walked over two miles to lay down on a set of train tracks. The suicide attempt proved unsuccessful when police found him prior to the arrival of a train. This was far from the man’s first attempt at suicide. […]
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