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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

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Physician Testifies in Elder Abuse Lawsuit

Posted on August 13, 2009
A family filed an elderly negligence suit against a nursing home physician claiming that the doctor was negligent in prescribing a medication for her. The physician took the stand and testified that the family called months later asking for the exact medication in order to curb?s the woman?s anxiety...

Non-for Profit Nursing Homes have Better Quality of Care

Posted on August 12, 2009
Researches published a nursing home study in the British Medical Journal in which they examined 82 studies carried out in the US and Canada from 1965 to 2003 comparing quality between for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes. Studies showed significantly better quality in not-for-profit homes with only three showing the quality of care was better in for-profit homes...

As Population Ages Elder Abuse Grows

Posted on August 12, 2009
One of the most under-reported types of abuse is elder abuse. With the economy in shambles, experts expect elder abuse cases will go up. When children move home, or parents move in with their children, elder abuse frequently rises. This is especially true in financial exploitation...

Nursing-Home Death Spurs Nursing Home Negligence Suit

Posted on August 11, 2009
A nursing home negligence suit has been filed against a county alleging shoddy care of a nursing-home resident led to months of pain and ultimately the woman?s death. The elderly negligence lawsuit alleges staffers at the county-run nursing home caused the 81-year-old victim to fail, than failed to treat and report to her doctor a large pressure ulcer that formed...

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NCCNHR releases August Bulletin

Posted on August 11, 2009
The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care has released their August bulletin highlighting all their efforts to reform nursing home legislation. They urge constituents to contact their Congressmen to pass legislation to make nursing home quality and ownership more transparent...

Nursing Home Aide Pleads Guilty in Patient?s Death

Posted on August 10, 2009
A 55-year-old former nursing home aide pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an Alzheimer?s patient whom she fed steaming-hot cereal. The victim was being cared for by the hospice unit of a nursing home when the nurses? aide poured hot Cream of Wheat down his throat...

Daughter and Grandson Arrested in Will County Woman?s Death

Posted on August 10, 2009
The daughter and grandson of a 91-year-old woman have been arrested on elderly neglect charges as a result of the woman?s death. The police arrested the two after suspecting that the elderly woman had been dead for some time before the authorities were notified...

Study Finds Not-For Profit Nursing Homes are Often Superior

Posted on August 09, 2009
In the United States, two-thirds of nursing homes are investor-owned, for-profit businesses. However, making a profit does not seem to decrease nursing home abuse and the overall quality of care. A paper published by the British Medical Journal examined 82 studies carried out in United States and Canadian nursing homes...

Levin & Perconti Files Nursing Home Negligence on Behalf of Resident against Alden Northmoor

Posted on August 08, 2009
Attorneys Steven Levin and Margaret Battersby of Levin & Perconti filed a nursing home negligence lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County against Alden Northmoor Rehabilitation and Care Center in Chicago, Illinois. The complaint was filed on behalf of 77-year-old Mary Clifton of Chicago, Illinois for the injuries she sustained at Alden Northmoor...

Illinois Nursing Home Facing Fines for Abuse

Posted on August 07, 2009
LaSalle County could face federal and state fines of $20,000 or more for violating codes at a nursing home where a male patient is accused of sexually molesting 10 women. The Illinois Department of Public Health recommended that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fine LaSalle County $20,000 plus $100 for each day between the times that the complaint was filed until a review showed the nursing home was back in compliance...

Resident?s Advocates Discuss Nursing Home Legislation

Posted on August 07, 2009
The Illinois State Journal Register discussed both the pros and cons of the new nursing home legislation proposed in Illinois, Senate Bill 314. Some, like the executive director of Nursing Home Monitors, believe that the nursing home legislation would weaken an already lax regulatory system by allowing the state to forgive certain fines against nursing homes that promise to use the money for correcting deficiencies...

State Implements Adult Abuse Registry

Posted on August 07, 2009
The State of Delaware has passed a bill which allows the Department of Health and Social Services to provide online access to the names of individuals who are actively listed on the Adult Abuse Registry as a result of elderly abuse, elderly neglect or financial exploitation...

Couple Steals Millions from Alzheimer?s Patient

Posted on August 06, 2009
A former doctor who had progressive Alzheimer?s disease and dementia was defrauded out of nearly $4 million dollars of her assets. The woman?s attorney has filed a financial exploitation lawsuit seeking $3.9 million in damages against the German couple who defrauded the former doctor...

Nursing Home Death Spurs Lawsuit against County Administrators

Posted on August 05, 2009
A nursing home negligence lawsuit against a county alleges shoddy care of nursing-home resident led to months of pain and her wrongful death. The nursing home negligence lawsuit alleges staffers at the county-run nursing home caused the woman to fall, than failed to treat and report to her doctor a large pressure ulcer that formed...

Woman Accused of Striking Elderly Patient

Posted on August 04, 2009
A woman is charged with elderly abuse on a nursing home resident who was under her care. The woman worked as a nursing assistant at the nursing home. The woman struck a 65-year-old across the left side of the resident?s face with a closed fist. At some point a co-worker heard yelling, walked in and said the worker had punched the victim in the face...

National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care Releases July Newsletter

Posted on August 03, 2009
The NCCNHR has released their July Newsletter. This month?s newsletter discusses ombudsman programs, citizen advocacy action and a calendar of events. Please click on the link to view the newsletter or visit the NCCNHR homepage.

Former Nursing Home Worker Arrested for Elderly Abuse and Theft

Posted on August 02, 2009
The former director of social work at a nursing home was arrested after being indicted by a grand jury on nursing home abuse and theft charges. The man was indicted for one count of willful abuse neglect or exploitation of a dependent adult, one count of theft over $10,000 and two counts of theft over $1,000...

Nursing Home Nurse Pleads Guilty in Elderly Neglect Case

Posted on August 01, 2009
A woman has pleaded no contest to neglect of a vulnerable adult in a nursing home. The judge sentenced the woman to pay more than $600 in fines and court costs and complete 40 hours of community service. The woman was a practical nurse at the nursing home when she failed to properly assess a vulnerable adult after a fall and did not notify a physician and the victim?s family...

Nursing Home Accountability Discussed

Posted on July 31, 2009
As a generation of baby boomers begins retiring it has became apparent that the size of the disabled older population who will need assisted or nursing home care will grow by more than 50 percent between 2000 and 2040. This has prompted many entrepreneurs to look at nursing homes as long-term investments...

Nursing Home Sued After Wrongful Death

Posted on July 31, 2009
A man died two days after tipping over in his wheelchair near a nurse?s station in a nursing home. Now the man?s estate is suing the nursing home, saying that his wrongful death was due to elderly negligence. The lawyer?s assert that the home did not provide the man with adequate supervision when they failed to provide visual checks and appropriate restraints...

Nursing Home Choking Death Leads to Fines from State

Posted on July 29, 2009
A nursing home was recently fined $50,000 after a resident choked to death while under the care of the home. After an investigation into his case, health officials concluded that his death was the result of the nursing home's failure to properly assess his ability to consume solid foods...

Update on ?Angel of Death? Case against McHenry County Nursing Home

Posted on July 29, 2009
Yesterday, Illinois State Police investigators testified that a former nursing home supervisor at Woodstock Residence was aware that a fellow nurse was administering fatal doses of morphine to four residents of the nursing home. According to police testimony, several nurses came to Penny Whitlock to make her aware of what Marty Himebaugh, the ?Angel of Death?, was doing, but Whitlock did not report it to the Illinois Department of Public Health...

Elder Abuse Lawyer Files Complaint against Negligent Home

Posted on July 28, 2009
Family members of an 84-year-old victim of nursing home negligence filed a wrongful death lawsuit recently on her behalf. The lawsuit alleges that she died as a result of the nursing home?s failure to prevent pressure sores, failure to properly feed and hydrate her, and failure to treat her stomach pain...

Son Charged with Financial Abuse of an Elder

Posted on July 27, 2009
A man has been charged for financially exploiting his 77-year-old mother who suffered from dementia and was living in a nursing home. Since she moved into the nursing home 18 months ago, her 54-year-old son began cashing her pension checks, took out a reverse mortgage on her home, and wrote checks to himself for large sums of money...

Support Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 (S. 512/H.R. 1237)

Posted on July 27, 2009
Last week, two of the country?s largest arbitration firms said they are no longer handling consumer arbitration cases. In the Wall Street Journal, Ed Mierzwinski of U.S. PIRG said ?In the long run, I think that this is the beginning of the end of forced arbitration in all consumer contracts, from credit cards, to nursing homes to cell phones...

How to Recognize Elder Abuse

Posted on July 25, 2009
According to a recent article, The National Center on Elder Abuse has estimated that among people 65 years and older, 1 to 2 million have been abused or exploited. In order to protect this vulnerable population, it is important to understand the various forms of elder abuse and to be able to recognize these issues...

Nursing Home Faces Allegations of Elder Neglect

Posted on July 24, 2009
Allegations of nursing home abuse and neglect have prompted state investigators to review the case. The 87-year-old victim died on July 10, less than two months after being admitted to the nursing home. Investigators are currently trying to discover whether nursing home neglect contributed to his death...

Elderly Abuse Difficult to Prosecute

Posted on July 23, 2009
While getting victims to report elderly abuse is difficult, it seems that persuading the judicial system of its seriousness is even more difficult. Some district attorney?s believe that elder abuse cases are not considered severe. He states that financial exploitation is even more difficult to prosecute...

Nursing Home Administrators See Largest Salary Gain in Recent Years

Posted on July 23, 2009
Despite an economic recession and slower compensation gains for nurses, it appears that nursing home administrators? salaries rose this year to the highest rate in four years. Nursing home administrator salaries have jumped by an average of 4.8%, according to a report by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service...

Recession Affecting Illinois Nursing Home

Posted on July 21, 2009
A Champaign County, Illinois Nursing Home found an 8 percent decline in patient census and revenue in the month of June alone. The average census of residents is now at 180, compared to the highest of 186. The nursing home?s budget crisis has made it impossible to repay any of their debt to the county...

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