Heddington Oaks, a new nursing home in Peoria County, Illinois, is now able to set an official move-in date. The nursing home officially opened a few months ago, but problems with the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) kept the nursing home from accepting new residents. Specifically, the nursing home had no adequate evacuation plan, […]
New Illinois Nursing Home Sets Move-In Date
New Illinois Amendment Offers Financial Clarity To Nursing Home Residents and Families
An amendment to the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act will provide some clarity to nursing home residents and their families and perhaps some financial security as well. The amendment was recently signed into law by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. The amendment states that nursing homes are obligated to provide a written statement explaining the financial […]
Negligence at Faith Care Center Leaves Resident In Great Pain
The Faith Care Center nursing home in Highland, Illinois, betrayed the faith entrusted to them by the family of one of their residents when they allowed her to suffer great pain for an extended period while in their care. It’s hard to determine exactly how long the resident was experiencing pain. Because the nursing home […]
Neglect Leads To Nursing Home Falls at Hope Creek Care
Two residents at Hope Creek Care in East Moline, Illinois were seriously injured when staff failed to properly use a mechanical lift to transfer residents from their beds to wheelchairs. Mechanical lifts are complicated safety devices that utilize a sling and a number of straps to secure the resident while being transferred through the air. […]
Neglect Causes Nursing Home Fall at Avenue Care Nursing And Rehab in Chicago
A failure to follow their own written policy on resident transfers resulted in a resident suffering a fractured leg at the Avenue Care Nursing and Rehab Center in Chicago. According to the Avenue Care administration, the resident requires total assistance with all Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and at least two people as well as […]
Neglect Causes Fatal Nursing Home Fall At Eastview Terrace
“She was fragile,” is the simple sentence that ends the physician’s report of the death of a female nursing home resident at Eastview Terrace in Sullivan, Illinois. It could apply to just about any elderly nursing home resident. It should also serve as a reminder to nursing home staff and administration that cutting corners can […]
Multiple Sexual Assaults Uncovered At Randolph House
A resident with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD) has been terrorizing his fellow nursing home residents at night at the Randolph House nursing home in Vandalia, Illinois. The nursing home administration has been aware of his activities, but repeatedly failed to notify the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) of his activities. As a […]
Multiple Medication Errors Found At Comfort Harbor Home
The Comfort Harbor Home in Milan, Illinois has been cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) for a series of medication errors that have taken place inside the nursing home. After IDPH inspectors followed up with pharmacists and physicians, it was determined that the victims had been receiving medications that were never ordered. […]
Multiple Injures Uncovered At Heartland of Normal
A series of injuries at the Heartland of Normal nursing home in Normal, Illinois has resulted in fines levied by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) nursing home inspectors. According to nursing home staff, the first resident to suffer a severe injury was simply sitting on the toilet when staff heard her knee “pop” […]
Morton Villa Care Center Fails To Prevent Bed Sores In 4 Residents
4 different residents developed bed sores at the Morton Villa Care Center in Morton, Illinois. Nursing home investigators witnessed one of the residents left on her back in bed for over 6 hours. Another resident had an open sore with no dressing whatsoever. A third resident was left in a wheelchair for 4 hours. The […]
Money Follows The Person: Leaving The Nursing Home Behind
People who first enter a nursing home usually have one goal in mind: Getting Out. A new federal program called “Money Follows the Person” is designed to help states reduce the number of residents in nursing facilities. By expanding the options available to seniors who need assistance, but not to the extent that institutionalization is […]
Money And Staffing: Solving The Nursing Home Equation
As a nursing home lawyer, I’ve spent countless hours talking to nursing home residents, their families, and nursing home staff as well as nursing home administration. When a nursing home resident is injured due to nursing home neglect or nursing home abuse, the details vary greatly, but the general theme is often very similar. First, […]
Mid America Care Center in Chicago Illinois Resident Dies From Respiratory Failure, Pneumonia
Nursing home neglect led to the untimely death of a Mid America Care Center nursing home resident, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health inspection report. The first signs of trouble were noted at 9:00 AM, when a registered nurse (RN) at Mid America Care Center noted a distinct change of condition in one […]
Medications Given To Wrong Residents At Eden Village Care Center
The incidents recorded in the latest inspection report for the Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon, IL could easily result in the wrongful death of one or more of the residents living there. Out of five residents reviewed for medication errors, the nursing home failed to correctly administer medications to three of them. Considering […]
Medication Protocols Still Being Ignored At Chestnut Manor
Just a few months ago I wrote about several residents with diabetes who were not being properly monitored at Chestnut Manor nursing home in Herrin, Illinois. That pales in comparison to the report from the recent investigation. It’s only a matter of time before there are serious injuries or fatalities at Chestnut Manor. A variety of […]
Medication Errors Uncovered At Swansea Rehab Health Care
A seeming disregard for standard procedure for the care and distribution of medications earned the Swansea Rehab and Health Care nursing home in Swansea, Illinois a series of deficiencies for violations of nursing home regulations during the latest nursing home inspection at the facility. In once instance, the nursing home never notified the family of […]
Medication Error Turns Fatal For North Adams Home
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who delivered the fatal dose of medication at the North Adams Home in Mendon, Illinois was fired as a result of the medication error, but the circumstances that surround the dosage show a nursing home administration content to allow unacceptable medication errors on a regular basis. 6 medications including Losarten […]
Medication Errors Result In Critical Hospitalization At Grove of Evanston
A failure to properly administer insulin to a nursing home resident resulted in a critical drop in blood sugar levels and a hospitalization at Grove of Evanston in Evanston, Illinois. The resident was admitted to the hospital with end stage renal disease and diabetes, and was under a doctor’s orders to receive an injection of […]
Medication Errors Lead To Life-Threatening Situation At Fountainview Nursing Home
The Fountainview nursing home in Eldorado, Illinois was guilty of multiple medication errors that led to the emergency hospitalization of one of their residents. Before any medication is delivered to any nursing home resident, nurses are trained to ask themselves 5 questions: Is this the right patient? Is this the right medication? Is this the […]
Medication Errors Found In Alden Town Manor Rehab
Two residents admitted to Alden Town Manor Rehab and Health Care Center in Cicero, Illinois were the victims of severe medication errors that could have easily proven fatal. The first resident was admitted to the Alden Town Manor Rehab with end stage renal disease, diabetes, and hypertension. The resident was prescribed Heparin, a blood thinning […]
Medication Errors Cause Overdose At Grosse Pointe Manor
A resident of Grosse Pointe Manor in Niles, Illinois was hospitalized for a drug overdose after she was mistakenly given an unknown quantity of narcotics. In November of last year, a female resident was transferred to a local Niles, Illinois hospital because of a host of symptoms including lethargy, difficulty breathing, and unresponsiveness. The hospital […]
Medication Errors and Nursing Home Neglect Cause Pain and Hospitalization At Shady Oaks West
A series of medication errors put the lives of two residents of the Shady Oaks West nursing home in dire jeopardy, according to a report released by the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services. One of the residents suffered through days of neglect at the nursing home before finally being hospitalized. Because of the […]
Medication Errors: Abbot Labs to make $1.6 Billion Settlement after Wrongfully Prescribing Depakote to Nursing Homes
Abbott Laboratories has agreed to a massive $1.6 billion settlement after illegally marketing the drug Depakote to nursing home administrators and other long-term care providers.The $1.6 billion is split up into three big payments: $800 million will resolve civil allegations $700 million will resolve criminal penalties $100 million will make consumer protection matters disappear If […]
Medication Error Results In Near-Fatal Heart Failure at Regency Nursing Care Residence
A resident discharged from a local hospital into the Regency Nursing Care Residence in Springfield, Illinois was readmitted to the emergency department after just two days of nursing home care. The staff at the facility failed to properly transcribe the doctor’s orders from the hospital, and omitted an order for regular Lasix, a diuretic drug […]
Medication Error at Lexington of Schaumburg Nearly Leads To Fatal Blood Clot
A resident at the Lexington of Schaumburg nursing home in Schaumburg, Illinois was nearly the victim of a fatal nursing home medication error when the nursing home staff failed to properly transcribe a prescription order from the resident’s physician. The resident is a 74-year-old man with a long history of heart problems including chronic atrial […]
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