A breakdown in policy and procedure at St. Agnes Healthcare and Rehab Center on South Wabash in Chicago led to a resident getting a dangerous and inappropriate medication for four weeks. Once a month, nursing homes must engage a licensed pharmacist to review each resident’s list of medications and look for medication errors. Because a […]
Failure To Follow Medication Policy Results In Medication Errors At St. Agnes Healthcare and Rehab Center
Failing to Follow a Care Plan | Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer
If you suspect your loved one has suffered from nursing home neglect you will likely want to take legal action but may be at a loss as to how to prove neglect occurred. In many cases, a failure to follow patients’ care plans is what leads to patients’ injuries. An experienced Chicago nursing home abuse […]
Failed Transfers Result In Broken Bones At Medina Nursing Center
Two residents of the Medina Nursing Center in Durand, Illinois were the victims of nursing home neglect when botched transfers resulted in broken bones. One resident sustained a broken rib, and the other a broken leg as a result of the failed transfer. The first resident was injured when a single certified nurses aide (CNA) […]
Failed Transfer Results In Broken Leg for Resident At Helia Healthcare of Carbondale
A failed transfer of a resident at the Helia Healthcare of Carbondale nursing home in Carbondale, Illinois resulted in a nursing home fall and a fractured femur that required extensive surgical repair. This is the second report we’ve covered of a failed transfer at Helia Healthcare in less than a year. The cases bear a […]
Failed Transfer Results in Broken Bones For Helia Healthcare Resident in Carbondale, Illinois
A failed transfer at Helia Healthcare of Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois resulted in two broken bones for one elderly resident. Instead of using two certified nurses aides (CNA) as required when a resident needs total assistance with transfers, a single CNA was attempting to move a helpless resident from her wheelchair to her bed. This […]
Failed Transfer Mechanical Lift Accident Results In Broken Bone At Rosewood Care Center
If you were asked when the appropriate time to train certified nurse aides (CNA) on the use of a mechanical lift would be, you would undoubtedly answer that instruction should begin before they needed to use the mechanical lift. Unfortunately for the residents of Rosewood Care Center in Swansea, Illinois, the CNAs were not trained […]
Failed Mechanical Lift Transfer Results In Extensive Injuries at Sunset Rehab
Most people think of nursing homes as a place where the elderly and infirm spend their final days and weeks. It’s a concept not without merit or accuracy. For many, however, a nursing home is supposed to be a place or rehabilitation. When young people experience an injury, they usually convalesce at home under the […]
Extreme Dehydration Discovered At Granite Nursing and Rehab, Granite City Illinois
Two residents at the Granite Nursing and Rehabilitation nursing home in Granite City, Illinois were so dehydrated that they required hospitalization. One of the residents, a woman suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, and kidney disease among other long term conditions died as a direct result of the extreme dehydration. She also […]
Ex-Cub Pitcher Finds Body of Nursing Home Resident
Kerry Wood saved many games as the closer for the Chicago Cubs, but he was too late to save a nursing home resident who presumably drowned in Belmont Harbor. Mr. Wood was paddle boarding Monday morning when he discovered the body floating in the water according to the Chicago Tribune. The man was wearing a […]
Evidence Points To Chaotic Environment At Westminster Village Nursing Home
A recent inspection by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) of the Westminster Village nursing home in Bloomington, Illinois revealed a chaotic environment. Two staff members were reported to be engaged in a screaming match with each other in the facility dining room. Residents remained fearful even though no violence was reported. Both staff […]
Evidence Of Nursing Home Abuse Ignored At Stearns Nursing And Rehab
Nursing home workers at the Stearns Nursing and Rehab Center in Granite City, Illinois, thought they were doing the right thing by reporting evidence of nursing home abuse to their supervisor. After all, at numerous workshops and staff meetings they had been told to report any evidence of abuse, no matter how small. The two […]
Evidence Of Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect At Shady Oaks West, Lockport IL
I last wrote about Shady Oaks West nursing home in Lockport, Illinois back in May when they were being investigated by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) after one of their residents suffered a severe fecal impaction at the nursing home. The condition, potentially lethal if left untreated, required a surgical solution. The situation […]
Elmwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Maryville, Illinois Fails To Conduct Background Checks On Employees
The Elmwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Maryville, Illinois is not conducting background checks with the Illinois State Police Sex Offender Registration. Illinois requires that background checks be conducted for all new nursing home residents. Their failure to do so is putting every resident of the facility in jeopardy. On April 11th, a nursing home […]
E-Prescriptions On The Rise, Errors Persist
If you’re not a part of the healthcare field, you might not even know what an e-prescription is. Ten years ago, physicians were writing almost indecipherable prescriptions on paper pads. Anyone over 20 probably has vivid memories of long waits in pharmacies while very sick. Five years ago, the practice of “calling in” prescriptions to […]
Egregious Neglect Uncovered At Alden Estates of Barrington
A nursing home resident at Alden Estates of Barrington in Barrington, Illinois was rushed to the emergency department at 2:00 PM last June. There’s no specific note in the report from the Illinois Department of Public Health as to who ordered the ambulance, but that person very possibly saved the resident’s life. The Emergency Department […]
Eden Village Fails To Properly Manage Nursing Home Fall Prevention Strategies
The incidents at Eden Village nursing home resulting in a fine from the Illinois Department of Public Health are textbook examples of how nursing home neglect can lead to nursing home falls and serious injuries. A resident with an obvious risk of nursing home falls repeatedly presented behaviors that should have served as warnings and […]
Dyball Sunshine Nursing Home’s Evacuation Procedures Fail Inspection
The failure of Dyball Sunshine Nursing Home to adequately staff their overnight shift risks turning an emergency situation into a tragic disaster, according to a report by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). An emergency situation in a nursing home is different from almost any other institution. Waking nursing home residents is a lengthy […]
Dozens of Jobs Cut As Non-Profit Nursing Home Becomes For-Profit
There’s a documentary from a few years ago that shows how skilled, practiced negotiators from large retail companies have turned fleecing town officials into an art form. They make a lot of verbal promises and wave around a big check. Soon the local businesses are out of business, and everyone in town is working for […]
Disturbing Policy May Hide Nursing Home Falls at Tuscola Health Care Center
The Tuscola Health Care Center in Tuscola, Illinois is a 71 bed facility with a three star rating according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). A recent inspection by the Illinois Department of Public Health uncovered a new policy that may hide nursing home falls from the families and physicians of nursing home […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Crossroads Care Center Woodstock, IL Fined For Nursing Home Neglect
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 […]
Countryview Home Fails To Curb Resident’s Pica Disorder
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) found that the Countryview Home in Tolono, Illinois was guilty of nursing home neglect after one of their residents successfully ingested a jelly packet, numerous coins, and nuts and bolts. The IDPH found that the Countryview Home failed to provide enough safeguards to prevent the ingestion of foreign […]
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