A resident with an unusual medical condition was untreated when the Villa at South Holland in South Holland, Illinois failed to maintain any staff members with an awareness of her condition. While this incident ended with minimal harm, it clearly illustrates how a lack of proper training can result in nursing home neglect or, at […]

Anyone who follows this blog regularly knows how cases involving nursing home abuse typically play out because, sadly, it almost always happens the same way.The victim is typically unable to communicate effectively. Strokes or dementia likely have robbed the person of the ability to call for help during the abuse, and made him or her […]

An 84-year-old resident with dementia was the victim of verbal nursing home abuse at the Heritage Health Nursing Home in Carlinville, Illinois. In addition to the verbal abuse, the man was also kept in involuntary seclusion (the nursing home equivalent of solitary confinement). According to the investigation by the Illinois Department of Public Health, several […]

Two residents at the Turner Manor nursing home in Harrisburg, Illinois were diagnosed with potentially fatal bowel obstructions earlier this year. One resident required surgical intervention to treat the obstruction. The other resident required manual removal of the blockage. Nursing homes are required to provide proper monitoring of bowel movements. Fecal impaction is a potentially […]