Elder Law

Charges Expected in Nursing Home Resident?s Death

By Levin & Perconti

Criminal charges are expected in the case of a nursing home resident who was found frozen to death outside. Authorities now believe that that woman may have been the victim of elderly neglect and a cover-up. The three daughters of the woman have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Illinois nursing home. Authorities believe that four women who work at the facility made the woman appear as though she had died in her sleep. The medical examiner?s report revealed that hypothermia was part of the reason for her death. It appears that the woman did signal an alarm, but a nursing home employee negligently ignored it because she was watching television. This nursing home negligence case is outrageous, and the DuPage state?s attorney?s office must investigate. To read more about the elderly negligence cover-up, click the link.

Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).