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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

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Nursing home fined $100,000 for preventable death of resident

Posted on March 12, 2008
State health authorities have fined a California nursing home $100,000 in the death of a 91 year old resident who choked on food. The ?AA citation? is the most severe penalty for nursing home abuse under state codes. The state assessed the fine for failing to find out what was wrong with the patient while he was choking, not providing emergency care, and failing to use procedures such as the Heimlich maneuver to try to save the resident...

Levin and Perconti File Wrongful Death Suit After 63-year-old Man Neglected At Nursing Home

Posted on March 12, 2008
Steven Levin of Levin and Perconti has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Chicago nursing home for the death of a patient who developed pressure sores while under their care. The family chose the facility believing a promise that the staff would provide the best care for the deceased after he had just undergone extensive hip surgery, consequently requiring assistance from the nursing staff with all the tasks of daily living...

Illinois Nursing Home Bill will vindicate residents' rights

Posted on March 12, 2008
Today great progress was made in advancing the rights of Illinois nursing home residents and their families. The good news comes in the form of House Bill #5213, which has the potential to improve nursing home care in Illinois by demanding accountability from Illinois nursing homes and long-term care facilities as a prerequisite to obtaining and retaining a license...

Nursing home abuse lawsuit charging inadequate staff settlement

Posted on March 11, 2008
A recent nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit was settled just days before the trial was set to begin. The lawsuit charged that the nursing home resident suffered fractures, infections, bruises, skin tears, and verbal abuse during his stay at the facility...

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Illinois nursing home abuse lawsuits going to mediation

Posted on March 10, 2008
Those who file an Illinois nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit will now be forced to submit the case to a mediator before moving on to trial. This new mediation mandate is part of an amendment to a new Illinois medical malpractice rule that was approved this week by the Illinois Supreme Court...

Medicaid changes announced by Bush administration could affect nursing home residents, family members, and nursing home employees

Posted on March 09, 2008
A recent Kaiser Report examined the rush of media following the Bush administration proposed changes for Medicaid could affect states. Florida journalists argue that the funding reductions will hit nursing homes in particular because Medicare does not pay for extended nursing home care...

Institutional Change Necessary to Prevent Pressure Ulcers

Posted on March 07, 2008
New research suggests that the fight against pressure ulcers, commonly known as bed sores, will be most effective where facilities take a team approach to prevention. Estimates suggest that two million Americans suffer from pressure ulcers every year, many of which occur in nursing homes and similar facilities...

Massive Nursing Home System Overhaul Proposed

Posted on March 02, 2008
A bipartisan bill introduced by Republican Senator Grassley and Democratic Senator Kohl seeks massive reforms of the nursing home industry. The Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act is being haled as the largest reform of the nursing home system in nearly 21 years...

Court Finds Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Unconscionable

Posted on February 28, 2008
A state district court has ruled that a nursing home?s arbitration agreement was unenforceable because it was unconscionable. The nursing home, in response to a lawsuit alleging deprivation of a resident?s rights and wrongful death, sought to compel arbitration pursuant to a provision contained in the facility care contract...

Wrongful death lawsuit filed against nursing home for leaving pressure sores untreated

Posted on February 24, 2008
A wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed against a nursing home where a 76 year-old?s pressure ulcers were left untreated until it ultimately caused his death. The family of the nursing home abuse and neglect victim said that the nursing home stopped giving her father physical therapy, which would have prevented the bedsore...

Neglected resident, and boxing legend's sister, found frozen to death outside of assisted-living facility

Posted on February 21, 2008
Due to the neglect of facility staff, boxing legend Joe Louis's sister was found frozen to death just outside of the assisted-living center where she was a resident. The 92-year-old resident suffered from Alzheimer's disease, an illness often causing patients to wander, requiring constant supervision...

Neglected nursing home residents wonder why Atria Senior Living CEO gets multi-million dollar raise instead of providing better care

Posted on February 12, 2008
Atria Senior Living is a chain of nursing homes with 130 facilities across the country. The nursing home chain is owned by Lazard Ltd, a corporation that has just given its CEO Bruce Wasserstein a new contract where he will be paid over $41 million for 2007 and over $100 million overall...

How to aviod elder financial exlploitation by a caregiver

Posted on February 10, 2008
Financial exploitation and abuse is the most common form of elder abuse reported and investigated in Illinois. Recently, the caregiver of an 83-year-old man was found forging checks in the man's name. Workers at the Sugar Grove, Illinois bank noticed the irregularities in the checks and notified police...

Nursing home abuse and neglect on the rise; worse in homes acquired by private firms

Posted on February 09, 2008
Nursing home abuse and neglect has been consistently on the rise, and the rapidly aging population in the United States only makes this serious problem more worrisome. A recent study has found that from 2000-2006, there was a 22% rise in the serious reprimands nursing homes received for dangerous conditions such as medication errors, physical and sexual abuse, financial exploitation, and allowing patients to sustain injuries by falling or developing pressure sores; these are only a few examples...

Kane County IL sets a good example, but elder abuse and neglect laws need to be stronger

Posted on February 09, 2008
Kane County, Illinois employs a prosecutor assigned mainly to cases of elder abuse including one of the most prevalent problems, financial abuse and exploitation. Kane County State's Attorney John Barsanti has said that he hopes to improve community outreach as well and that elder abuse should be viewed like child abuse, where the very vulnerable can be taken advantage of...

Levin & Perconti files nursing home neglect lawsuit

Posted on February 07, 2008
Steven M. Levin and Michael F. Bonamarte of Chicago law firm Levin & Perconti have recently filed a nursing home neglect lawsuit on behalf of a 78-year-old resident neglected at Lincoln Home in Belleville, Illinois. Lincoln Home nursing home was also cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) for improper nursing care and injury of a resident...

Quincy, Illinois elder services officer investigates abuse and protects elderly

Posted on February 07, 2008
The police department of Quincy, Illinois has a well-established Senior and Family Resource Center that has recently appointed a new elder services officer, Detective Tom Liesen. Elder abuse and neglect, home repair fraud, and financial exploitation of elders are some of the areas that Detective Liesen investigates...

Chicago elderly woman robbed by cleaning service employees

Posted on February 06, 2008
In an instance of elder financial abuse and exploitation taken to the extreme, an 86-year-old woman was pepper-sprayed and robbed by her cleaning service workers. A Cook County District court set $150,000 bond for the two cleaning workers from Naperville and Chicago, Illinois...

Elders susceptible to financial abuse and fraud due to neuropsychological deficits

Posted on January 30, 2008
Elder financial abuse and fraud is one of the most common types of abuse and neglect inflicted upon senior citizens. New evidence has shown that aging of the brain, and not gullibility, loneliness or intelligence, can make elders vulnerable to financial exploitation...

Levin & Perconti sues Lincoln Home in Belleville, IL for neglecting resident who falls, wanders, and develops pressure sores

Posted on January 29, 2008
Steven M. Levin and Michael F. Bonamarte of the Chicago law firm Levin & Perconti recently filed a nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit against Lincoln Home in Belleville, Illinois in the Circuit Court of Cook County on behalf of a man who was neglected at the nursing home...

Suspicious deaths at McHenry County, Illinois nursing home spur investivation

Posted on January 24, 2008
Suspicions at Woodstock Residence, a McHenry County, Illinois nursing home, have spurred an investigation of whether morphine overdoses contributed to the deaths of six elderly residents of the facility. Whether the claim of nursing home abuse is founded is yet to be seen, as tests are still being performed on the exhumed bodies of three of the victims and the investigation by the Illinois State Police continues...

Sexual abuse charges brought against nurse at Chicago area nursing home Evergreen Park

Posted on January 24, 2008
Chicago area nursing home Evergreen Park has suspended an employee who has been accused of the sexual abuse of a 53-year-old resident of the facility. Chicago police arrived at the nursing home after being alerted that the nursing home assistant was found kissing a disabled patient on the cheek, as discovered by a fellow nurse...

License of Illinois nursing home East Peoria Gardens director's license suspended after numerous citations of nursing home abuse and neglect

Posted on January 22, 2008
After reports of nursing home abuse and neglect, the nursing home East Peoria Gardens Health Care Center has been heavily fined by the Illinois Department of Public Health and its director's administrator's license has been suspended by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation...

IDPH Cites Halsted Terrace Nursing home and Levin & Perconti file Illinois nursing home lawsuit

Posted on January 18, 2008
Steven M. Levin and Jordan S. Powell from Levin & Perconti filed a nursing home negligence lawsuit on behalf of Stephen Maurice Crawford. Mr. Crawford was a resident of Halsted Terrace beginning in July, 2006. He required care and treatment that his family was unable to provide...

Nursing Home Abuse: What you can do to make sure your loved one is not a victim

Posted on January 18, 2008
At the North Shore Senior Center in Northfield, Illinois, Steve Levin spoke to a group of senior citizens on the dangers of Illinois nursing home abuse and neglect. Addressing the Men's Club at the Center, Steve advised the seniors to take care in choosing the right nursing home...

Democrats seek release of the names of more bad nursing homes

Posted on January 15, 2008
Knowing which nursing homes are bad can be valuable information for a family seeking long-term care for an elderly loved one but concerned about issues like nursing home abuse and neglect. Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the names of 54 nursing homes that had ranked as one of the worst in their state...

Kane County caregiver charged with financial exploitation of an elderly person

Posted on January 14, 2008
A caregiver in Sugar Grove, Illinois has recently been charged with financial exploitation of an elderly person and is currently in the Kane County Jail. He was found stealing from his elderly client, an 83-year-old man, after cashing 12 checks at a bank in Sugar Grove...

Be aware of the many types of elder abuse and neglect to help keep seniors safe

Posted on January 13, 2008
There are many different forms of elder abuse and neglect and it is important to watch for signs of abuse in order to protect loved ones. Anyone over age 60 can be a victim of elder abuse. Elder abuse and neglect comes in many forms: -Physical abuse -Emotional abuse includes verbal assaults, threats, intimidation and harassment -Confinement is restricting an elderly person without their consent...

Medicare & Medicaid fraud prevalent in nursing homes

Posted on January 12, 2008
A new study by Americas Watchdog's Corporate Whistleblower Center shows that "things have never been worse" in the realm of Medicare & Medicaid fraud. All aspects of health care are included (click here to read more) but nursing homes make up a large portion of fraudulent behavior, magnifying the problem of nursing home neglect...

New law makes nursing home and hospital patients at risk for falls less likely to be injured

Posted on January 11, 2008
A new law passed recently makes nursing home and hospital patients with a risk of falling safer. The law acknowledges problems with the handling and care of patients. Many lawsuits each year are brought on behalf of patients who are injured because the higher level of care they required when being transported or lifted was not met...

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