An Aide at the Champaign Urbana Nursing and Rehab Center was fired from her job after a nursing home resident she was helping to shower fell from the shower bench she was seated on and broke her hip. The resident who fell was diagnosed with dementia and idiopathic scoliosis. Scoliosis is a spinal deformity. Many […]
Resident Dies After Fall At Caseyville Nursing and Rehab Center
A resident at the Caseyville Nursing and Rehab Center in Caseyville, Illinois died in a local hospital after experiencing a nursing home fall. The resident was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease as well as other age related problems. The victim was totally dependent on staff for all activities of daily living. She had a very limited […]
Iowa Nursing Home Resident Falls 50 Times, Dies
A resident of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society nursing home in Keosauqua, Iowa died after experiencing a nursing home fall. By itself, that development is noteworthy and cause for alarm. Nursing home falls, unlike many slip and fall accidents, are often predictable and usually preventable in a skilled nursing home setting. What makes this […]
Jury Awards Massachusetts Woman $2 million After Sexual Assault
A jury in Marlborough, Massachusetts has awarded an 87-year-old woman more than $2 million dollars after finding that she had been sexually assaulted by an aide in the Bolton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in 2011. The victim has dementia and Huntington’s disease. According to the MetroWest Daily, a nurse practitioner who was not associated […]
Resident Dropped Twice in 24 Hours at Tower Hill Healthcare Center, Breaks Leg
A resident at the Tower Hill Healthcare Center in South Elgin, Illinois was not properly transferred twice in a single day at the facility. One of the falls resulted in a fractured femur. The resident was admitted into the facility with arthritis, cataracts, coronary artery disease, hypertension, hypothyroidism, a pacemaker, degenerative joint disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, […]
Improper Treatment Results In Gangrene At Carlinville Rehab and Health Care Center
The American novelist Pearl S. Buck wrote: “Somehow our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.” There’s little doubt, according to the evidence collected by […]
Alzheimer’s Patient Freezes To Death Outside Nursing Home
Nursing home neglect, a wrongful death, a sloppy attempt at a cover-up and a lot of unanswered questions are, sadly, all too common in nursing homes during the holiday season. It’s not uncommon for nursing home residents suffering from Alzheimer’s disease to try to leave the facility. The practice is called “elopement.” When they’re unhappy […]
Unsupervised Resident at California Gardens Yanks Out Own Tracheostomy Tube, Dies
A 60-year-old man with a diagnosis of acute respiratory failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and known thoughts of suicide yanked out his own tracheostomy tube while a resident at the California Gardens Nursing and Rehab Center in Chicago, Illinois. The man was discovered by nursing home staff and transferred to a local hospital where […]
Nursing Home Abuse Witnessed At Burnsides Community Health Center
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), two residents were abused by the staff at the Burnsides Community Health Center in Marshall, Illinois. The reports of the incidents are shocking, but perhaps even more so is the failure of the Burnsides Community Health Center to recognize the abuse, protect the victims, and report […]
Resident Dies After Neglect At VIP Manor
A resident of the VIP Manor in Wood River, Illinois died upon arrival at a hospital emergency room after experiencing a respiratory failure at the nursing home where he lived. The resident was admitted to the nursing home suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and congestive heart failure. Her dementia had progressed to a point where she […]
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