Four employees at the Lincoln Residential Center in Brookhaven Mississippi, actually conspired to have one of the residents of the facility beaten by another resident . The “muscle-for-hire” was led to the room of the victim where the assault proceeded. After the attack, the assailant was led back to his or her (police are releasing […]
Nursing Home Violence, Resident-On-Resident Beating Incited by Employees at Lincoln Residential Center
Nursing Homes Seeking Highly Trained, Experienced Nurses Willing To Work For Next To Nothing
The answer to the question “Why are so many nursing home positions unfilled when nursing schools are graduating nurses at unprecedented rates?” seems to be that nursing homes would like to have highly specialized nurses with multiple years of experience in their fields who are willing to work for non-competitive salaries. According to McKnights Long–Term […]
Nursing Home Vaccinations Rates Fall Along Racial Lines
A new study in the Journal of Medical Directors Association very plainly shows racial discrimination. The study is entitled “Racial Inequities in Receipt of Influenza Vaccination among Nursing Home Residents in the United States, 2008–2009: A Pattern of Low Overall Coverage in Facilities in Which Most Residents are Black.” The findings of the two year […]
Nursing Home Staff Errors Lead To Fall and Tragic Death At Burgin Manor Of Olney
All of our lives are fragile, and the lives of our elderly citizens are especially so. It’s for this reason that nursing homes are required to adhere to a wide assortment of regulations regarding the care of their residents. When the rules aren’t followed, people can get hurt or killed. Everyone is going to pass […]
Nursing Home Resident Wanders Away From Oak Park Healthcare Center
A resident of the Oak Park Healthcare Center in Oak Park, Illinois wandered away from the facility in the early morning. He was found 12 hours later and almost five miles from the nursing home where he lived. The man crossed at least one four lane road before he was found sitting on a crate […]
Nursing Home Resident Violence Uncovered In Illinois
A resident of the Forest Hill Health and Rehab in East Moline, Illinois engaged in multiple acts of violent and aggressive behavior towards other residents of the nursing home. During those times, staff members of the home failed to act appropriately both during the events as well as after. They failed to provide a safe […]
Misuse of antipsychotic medication at West Suburban Nursing & Rehab
A resident in the West Suburban Nursing and Rehab Center in Bloomingdale, Illinois may have died as a result of complications with her medications. One of the medications she was taking was known to correlate to an increase in fatalities in dementia patients, and yet she was still taking the drug at the time of […]
Nursing Home Resident Punched By Clare Oaks Staff Member
An 85-year-old nursing home resident was punched in the chest by a 29-year-old nursing assistant at the Clare Oaks Retirement Community in Bartlett, Illinois. Police said they were notified of the incident by another staff member, and that the victim did not require additional medical treatment, but there were no further details. The attacker was […]
Nursing Home Resident Killed In Violent Assault
The Ocean Promenade Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Rockaway Park, New York does, indeed, face the Atlantic Ocean, but I doubt that’s what most people will be thinking about when they hear the name of the nursing home in the future. A brutal assault that resulted in the death of one resident assures it. A […]
Nursing Home Resident Dies After Failure To Alert Emergency Services at Lutheran Home for the Aged
A nursing home resident at the Lutheran Home for the Aged in Arlington Heights, Illinois died in a local hospital after experiencing severe hemorrhaging and vomiting at the facility. The resident was admitted to the facility from the hospital with diagnoses that included atrial fibrillation, peripheral vascular disease, dysphagia, and post surgical aortocoronary bypass. He […]
Nursing Home Report Reveals More Dangers At Sheltering Oak Nursing Home
Back in July, I wrote about an incident at the Sheltering Oak Nursing Home in Island Lake, Illinois. A heat wave drying out the Midwest raised nursing home temperatures in the Sheltering Oak nursing home over 100 degrees. The nursing home had no air conditioning units and the residents were sweltering in the heat. Still, […]
Nursing Home Notice: Little Sisters Of The Poor Recognized for Exemplary Performance
The Little Sisters of the Poor nursing home on Lakewood Avenue in Chicago is one of the finest nursing homes in Chicago. For families with loved ones in nursing homes or for families who are having to face the difficult decision of placing a loved one in a nursing home, it’s well worth the time […]
Nursing Home Notice: California Gardens Nursing And Rehab Center
The California Gardens Nursing and Rehab Center is a large Chicago nursing home on Southern California Boulevard near Lawndale. Large may be an understatement – California Gardens has 297 beds. The numbers provided to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid tell a distressing story. With 297 beds, the nursing home has the potential to generate […]
Nursing Home Notice: Bronzeville Park Nursing and Living Center
In this segment we investigate the publicly available information regarding a Chicago area nursing home as a service to family members who are seeking nursing home services or who have loved ones already placed in facilities. The Bronzeville Park Nursing and Living Center in Chicago, Illinois is a for profit nursing home with 302 certified […]
Failed transfer at Smith Crossing leads to death of resident
It seems like the stories of nursing home abuse and neglect that make the news are always rather grandiose. Typically, there’s video evidence, multiple assailants, and a vicious crime. While those stories deserve recognition, they create a public view of nursing home neglect that can be detrimental to nursing home residents and their families by […]
Nursing Home Neglect Results In Tragic Wrongful Death At Lebanon Care Center
A tragic failure of care at the Lebanon Care Center in Lebanon, Illinois resulted in the wrongful death of a young man suffering from myotonic muscular dystrophy, pneumonia, and neuromuscular dysphagia (difficulty or inability to swallow). A physician treating the patient in Lebanon, Illinois ordered a tracheostomy (trach) be performed to ease breathing. A trach […]
Nursing Home Neglect Results In Serious Burns at Village At Victory Lakes Nursing Home, Lindenhurst Illinois
It’s not rare to hear people to criticize government regulations. Often, they don’t seem to make much sense. And yet, there generally is a reason for many of them. It usually doesn’t take long for the regulation being ignored to reveal the motivation behind it. At the Village At Victory Lakes nursing home in Lindenhurst, […]
Nursing Home Neglect Results In Multiple Bed Sores at Neighbors Rehab
The reason for a rash of bed sores at Neighbors Rehabilitation Center in Byron, Illinois is easy to see. The Wound Care Nurse at Neighbors Rehab stated to investigators “I am here for 8 hours per week to do treatments. I rely on everyone to make sure interventions are in place and effective.” A wound […]
Nursing Home Neglect Results In Bed Sores At Breese Nursing Home
A resident at the Breese Nursing Home in Breese, Illinois developed multiple bed sores while a resident at the facility. The resident developed two separate bed sores on her buttocks and lower back. As any bed sore lawyer is aware, these are two of the worst places to develop bed sores. Bed sores are almost […]
Nursing Home Neglect Results In 9 Bed Sores On One Resident at Rochelle Rehab and Health Care Center in Rochelle Illinois
There are many times in our lives when losing eight pounds in four months would be cause for celebration. For residents in nursing homes and hospitals, unintended weight loss is a very, very bad thing. In a nursing home, it nearly always is the first sign of nursing home neglect. Sadly, it isn’t the only […]
Nursing Home Neglect Leads To Serious Injuries At Manorcare
A serious lapse in care led to facial contusions, lacerations, and other injuries after two certified nurses assistants (CNAs) left a Manorcare of Libertyville nursing home resident sitting unattended on the side of her bed. According to testimony from the staff, the resident “just went straight forward and landed on her head.” A subsequent investigation […]
Multiple Falls at Helia Healthcare of Energy
Nursing home neglect at the Helia Healthcare of Energy nursing home in Energy, Illinois caused one resident to suffer multiple nursing home falls at the facility. A single nursing home fall can be unpredictable. For example, a resident with no history of nursing home falls can stumble on a table leg or a chair. In […]
Nursing Home Neglect Leads To Multiple Bed Sores At Winning Wheels
The Winning Wheels nursing home in Prophetstown, Illinois was recently cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to prevent bed sores on four residents. In addition, the bed sores were not quickly identified. As a result, they progressed into Stage II and Stage III bed sores. Winning Wheels is guilty of nursing […]
Nursing Home Neglect Leads To Fractured Skull In Nursing Home Fall Incident
A resident at the Arlington Rehab and Living Center in Long Grove, Illinois suffered a skull fracture after a nursing home fall. The woman was admitted to the Arlington Rehab and Living Center in early September of last year with a head laceration and staples from a prior fall. The resident’s Care Assessment Summary indicated […]
Nursing Home Neglect Leads To Fatal Infection At Alden Northmoor
You might have heard of Clostridium difficile by its more frequently known nickname “C.diff.” It’s a bacteria frequently found in hospitals and long term care facilities. C.diff causes a host of symptoms that range from diarrhea to colitis (a life-threatening inflammation of the colon). It’s a well-known, dangerous infection. An 82-year-old man died in the […]
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