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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

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Last Entry: November 03, 2020 at 10:01:32

Nursing Home Denies Rights to Residents

Posted on September 14, 2008
Health deficiencies continue to be found at a nursing home where residents are not being informed of their legal rights. In 2005, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services inspected the nursing home and gave it an overall rating of needing corrections...

Legislation To Protect Elderly Patients From Abuse

Posted on September 13, 2008
Recently the Senate Finance Committee passed the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act which establishes a nationwide system of background checks to stop criminals from working in nursing homes and other long-term care settings. The bill is now going before the full Senate...

Extendicare Responds to Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Them

Posted on September 12, 2008
A class action lawsuit was filed last month against Extendicare, a company that owns 268 nursing homes throughout North America. Extendicare is one of the largest long-term and short-term care facilities in North America. Extendicare has just responded to this lawsuit by claiming that the allegations being made are ?false and misleading? and that they will be defending themselves against the lawsuit in court...

Family Sues Nursing Home for Negligence

Posted on September 12, 2008
The family of a woman that passed away while a patient at a nursing home has filed a lawsuit against the nursing home for negligence. The patient removed her own catheter line, fell on the bathroom floor and remained there without the hospital staff finding her until after she had bled to death...

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Nursing Home May Hire Consultant/Manager to Improve Care

Posted on June 13, 2008
The Champaign County Nursing Home Board of Directors may hire an out-of-state firm to either consult or manage the home. The number or residents at the home has been consistently dropping since the State of Illinois barred new Medicare/Medicaid residents after a series of inspections last year...

June 15th is World Elder Abuse Day

Posted on June 13, 2008
June 15th is World Elder Abuse Day, a day to increase awareness of issues related to the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older individuals. The day was established in 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and consists of a variety of activities such as professional conferences and community outreach events...

Nursing Home Arbitration Bill Aids Potential Victims

Posted on June 12, 2008
Many, if not most, nursing homes currently require potential residences to sign arbitration clauses as a prerequisite to moving into the home. This essentially means that residences are prevented from bringing a conventional nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit, and instead must submit any complaints to a private arbitrator, who is both chosen and paid for by the nursing home itself in non-public proceedings where awards end up being much smaller than equivalent jury verdicts...

81 Year Old Trapped in Van During Scorching Heat

Posted on June 11, 2008
An 81 year-old man suffering from Alzheimer?s was trapped in a van on Friday during a heat wave as result of his adult day care facility's negligence. John McCallin, a patient at SarahCare adult day care facility, was trapped inside the facility?s van for two and a half hours, just outside SarahCare?s front doors...

Settlement Reached Following Appalling Conditions at Four Personal Care Homes

Posted on June 11, 2008
An owner and operator of four personal care homes that provided ?appalling? care reached a $700,000 settlement agreement whereby she agreed never to operate any such facility. Following the closing of the last of her four personal care facilities, the owner reached a settlement that is merely a drop in the bucket for the multimillionaire, especially considering the severity of the allegations...

Suspect named in Murder of Wandering Nursing Home Resident

Posted on June 11, 2008
Nursing home abuse victim, Maratta Walker, was found after wandering from nursing home in a local Chicago, Illinois motel slain to death. Police investigations on the alleged nursing home negligence case have turned up a suspect in the brutal slaying...

American Geriatrics Society's New Report on Assited Living Facilities

Posted on June 10, 2008
The American Geriatrics Society has promulgated a new position statement regarding nursing home care. The American Geriatrics Society believes that Assisted Living Facilities may benefit seniors over the care offered at long term nursing homes. Nursing home abuse, nursing home neglect, nursing home failure to supervise and other concerns have prompted a need to look at alternative care facilities...

Wandering Nursing Home Resident Found Brutally Murdered

Posted on June 10, 2008
A nursing home lawsuit is to be filed by the family of a woman who was prone to nursing home wandering. The woman, a 46 year old, with a history of seizures and brain injuries was found naked in a motel in Chicago, Illinois after wandering off from an alleged negligent nursing home...

Steven Levin of Levin & Perconti Presents to Long Term Care Ombudsmen in Arlington Heights, IL

Posted on June 09, 2008
Steven Levin of Levin & Perconti recently presented to the volunteer long term care ombudsmen in Arlington Heights. Illinois has an excellent general ombudsmen program where state employees and volunteers enter Illinois nursing homes and help advocate for residents...

Steven Levin Will Present at NAELA Teleconference on Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Posted on June 09, 2008
Steven Levin of Levin & Perconti will present on nursing home abuse and neglect for the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) training teleconference on June 25, 2008 from 2:00pm-3:30pm EDT/1:00pm-2:30pm CDT as part of their national training program for elder law attorneys...

Levin & Perconti Will Sponsor Chicago ACS Lawyer Chapter for 2008-2009 Year

Posted on June 09, 2008
Levin & Perconti will sponsor the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy?s Chicago Lawyer Chapter this coming year. ACS, an organization of national lawyers, judges, law professors, law students, seeks to ensure that the principles of human dignity, individual rights, equality and justice continue to hold their central place in American law...

Those Seeking Trust & Solace in Nursing Homes Often Disappointed

Posted on June 09, 2008
Those Seeking Trust & Solace in Nursing Homes Often Disappointed Nursing home complaints are sweeping the nation as Nursing Homes fail to provide adequate care and prompt responses to patient?s medical needs. The struggles faced in such homes and nursing home blunders associated with patient care have been chronicled extensively...

Resident?s Leg Amputated Following Nursing Home Negligence

Posted on June 07, 2008
Following gross negligence by a nursing home staff, a resident admitted for short-term rehabilitation at the facility had her leg amputated. The resident was admitted following surgery on a fractured ankle. The nursing home failed to take the resident to a follow-up appointment on time, and when they finally did take her, surgeons discovered that her wound was not healing correctly...

Nursing Home Denies Wrongdoing in Response to Lawsuit over Death of Resident

Posted on June 06, 2008
Joyce Earline Bigelow, a patient at MontVue Nursing Home, died last October after taking a fall in the nursing home. Bigelow suffered complications after she fell while trying to use the restroom without assistance. The fall came after repeated instructions from Bigelow?s family to the nursing home staff that she required assistance when using the bathroom...

Settlement to Move Brain-Injured Out of Nursing Homes

Posted on June 05, 2008
Following a lawsuit that alleges a state leaves too many residents with brain injuries trapped in nursing homes, as many as 2,000 patients will be moved to homes in the community. The settlement comes after a class action lawsuit showed the state neglected too many of its residents in violation of federal law...

Wandering Nursing Home Resident Struck by Car

Posted on June 05, 2008
A nursing home lawsuit was filed on behalf of a man whose mother was killed after wandering from a nursing home. The nursing home failures included a failure to ensure its residents were kept safe and cared for within the home. The wrongful death nursing home lawsuit follows after the man?s 94 year old mother became a car accident casualty after the nursing home failed to keep her within its premises...

Boy Dies from Neglect by Mother and Nurses

Posted on June 02, 2008
On May 15 a 13-year-old Illinois boy died at University of Chicago Hospital after being brought there with very severe signs of neglect including ulcers, one of which was seeping pus, a black crusted patch on his tongue, and hair, skin, and nails that were flaking and dirty...

Nursing Home Nurses Accused of Neglect in Deaths

Posted on May 30, 2008
Penny Whitlock, a former nurse and director of nursing at the Illinois nursing home, Woodstock Residence, now called Crossroads Care Center of Woodstock, requested that three charges against her related to nursing home abuse and neglect be thrown out...

Nurses Declare Lack of Staff at Nursing Homes and Hospitals

Posted on May 30, 2008
A new survey has revealed that nurses working at nursing homes feel that there are fewer staff members than needed. Nearly three-quarters of nurses surveyed declared that at the nursing homes and hospitals they worked for, the staff numbers were inadequate...

Jury Awards $1 Million in Suit Against Nursing Home

Posted on May 30, 2008
A jury awarded $1 million in punitive damages to the family of a 104 year-old who died after a brief stay in a nursing home operated by Sunrise Senior Living. The jury found that the nursing home?s abuse and neglect led to her developing pressure ulcers...

Antipsychotic Drugs Dangerous for the Elderly: Study Shows Increased Rate of Hospitalization and Death

Posted on May 28, 2008
A recent study shows that elderly people with dementia who are prescribed antipsychotic medications like Haldol (haloperidol), Zyprexa (olanzapine), and Risperdal (risperidone), even for a short time, faced increased risks of ending up in the hospital and dying...

Nursing Home Fire Lawsuit Filed in Chicago over Death of Two Nursing Home Residents

Posted on May 22, 2008
The Chicago nursing home fire that lead to the death of two nursing home residents has resulted in a nursing home wrongful death lawsuit in Chicago. The surviving family members have filed the nursing home wrongful death lawsuit alleging that the nursing home failed to ensure the residents? safety...

Nursing Home Voluntarily Closes after Five Months on Federal List of Worst Nursing Homes

Posted on May 21, 2008
A nursing home has closed its doors voluntarily after five months on a federal list that catalogues the worst nursing homes in America. The federal list contains nursing homes that have repeat violations and that routinely lag behind federal standards...

Community Opens an Elder Abuse Shelter to Protect Victims of Elder Abuse

Posted on May 21, 2008
Seniors now have a place to turn for advice and shelter when tragedy strikes. A community has now opened a senior abuse shelter and abuse hotline for seniors who need assistance. The community recently reflected that teenagers, women, and children have hotlines but not seniors...

$900,000 Verdict in Nursing Home Resident?s Lawsuit Against Police for Loss of Dignity

Posted on May 20, 2008
A jury has awarded a $900,000 verdict in a nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit to an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease after she suffered a loss of dignity when police forced her to the floor of her nursing home and handcuffed her. The nursing home called for an ambulance to aid the resident, but the police answered the call as well when the nursing home stated that the resident was abusive and dangerous...

Ventas, an Industry-Leading Nursing Home and Hospital Corporation, Will Move to Chicago

Posted on May 20, 2008
Ventas, once one of the poorest performing corporations in the health care business, has now turned its company around to be one of the most profitable. Ventas will move its corporate headquarters to Chicago, bringing a $10 billion portfolio of nursing home, assisted living, and health care facilities...

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