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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog 
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Geneva, Illinois sisters indicted after charges of abuse and neglect of their elderly mother
Posted on January 10, 2008Two sisters living in Geneva, Illinois have been indicted in the death of their 84-year-old mother on two counts each of criminal neglect of an elderly person, reported the Kane County Chronicle. Paramedics responded to a 911 call and discovered a scene typical of elder abuse and neglect in the home; the woman was found covered in ants, urine and feces which caused a sickening stench...
McLean County, Illinois - Heritage Manor Nursing Home: $17,000 awarded to fired whistleblower
Posted on January 09, 2008Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Colfax, Illinois lost a legal battle in a lawsuit where a former employee was awarded $17,000 after reporting sexual assault of an older resident. The whistleblower claims that she was fired after she reported suspicions that sexual abuse of an elderly resident of Heritage Manor was being ignored...
20th anniversary of nursing home reforms reevaluated
Posted on January 08, 2008Twenty years ago, Congress passed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) and it is now time to review its successes and failures in order to improve the quality of nursing home care. OBRA regulates inadequate nursing homes by either shutting them down or allowing well-performing nursing home care providers to take over substandard facilities...
Register Now for Andrews 2008 Nursing Home Litigation Conference Featuring Lawyers from Chicago Law Firm Levin & Perconti
Posted on January 07, 2008Chicago nursing home attorneys Steven M. Levin and Michael F. Bonamarte will be featured speakers at the Andrews Nursing Home Litigation Conference this February in Sanibel Island, Florida. Steven M. Levin, Founding Partner at Chicago-based Levin & Perconti is the Co-Chair and moderator of the conference...
Nursing homes and state facilities reject Chicago-area mentally ill patient
Posted on January 07, 2008A 68-year-old man with dementia and mental illness is being rejected by nursing homes all over the state of Illinois due to frequent violent outbursts and cannot find a permanent home. The man was arrested at a Veteran's facility after hitting a nurse, and is temporarily hospitalized until further arrangements can be made...
Nursing home patient's wound infected with maggots; three employees sentenced
Posted on January 05, 2008Three employees of a Pennsylvania nursing home have been arrested and sentenced to probation and fines after an investigation of nursing home abuse and neglect. The former nursing director, the facility's former administrator and the manager of the nursing unit were arrested after 50 maggots were discovered in a resident's head wound...
Nursing home cited in resident?s death
Posted on January 03, 2008State regulators recently issued a $100,000 fine to a nursing home in the March death of a resident in a serious case of nursing home abuse . The citation was issued to the California nursing home for failing to provide patient safety after a 91 year-old woman was dropped on her head...
Jury awards $2.5 million in nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit
Posted on January 02, 2008A jury recently awarded the family of a nursing home abuse victim $2.5 million in a nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit. The victim died at a Connecticut nursing home after he was administered the wrong food. The nursing home abuse victim was given food meant for someone on a regular diet, although he was supposed to be administered a soft diet...
Illinois nursing home faces nursing home abuse lawsuit over resident?s death
Posted on January 01, 2008An Illinois nursing home abuse victim?s daughter is asking an Illinois jury for more than $100,000 in damages in an Illinois nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that the victim entered the Illinois nursing home for rehabilitation and died of acute toxicity from oxycodone and opiates...
California nursing home sued in death of resident from acute dehydration
Posted on December 31, 2007The family of an elderly woman who died in hospice care is suing a local nursing home in a nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit, charging the staff?s nursing home neglect resulted in acute dehydration that crippled the victim. The complaint alleges that the nursing home did not feed or provide enough fluids for the resident, leading to her acute dehydration...
Northwest Indiana nursing home accused of discriminating against pregnant employee
Posted on December 30, 2007A lot of our blog posts concentrate on abuse of nursing home residents, but we also realize that nursing home employees must be treated well in order to continue to provide adequate treatment to residents. Nursing home employees should receive equal treatment...
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