The Sandwich Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Sandwich, Illinois was fined $20,000 for failure to report evidence of abuse to authorities and to the families of the victims in the facility. Sandwich, Illinois is a city that’s the size of a small town about an hour and a half west of Chicago. Rt. 34 […]
Second Nursing Home Resident Killed By Police
In less than a month, two nursing home residents have been killed by police wielding Taser guns. The first incident took place in late July in the Victory Center of Park Forest nursing home here in Chicago. In that instance a resident was shot with a Taser gun as well as bean bag rounds after […]
Resident Suffers Devastating Nursing Home Fall At Claremont Rehab
The Claremont Rehab and Living Center in Buffalo Grove, Illinois was the scene of an extremely damaging and completely avoidable nursing home fall in December of last year. The damage included severe contusions and other head injuries, a shoulder fracture, and three broken ribs. The center has been fined $20,000 as a result of the nursing […]
Resident Suffers Painful Nursing Home Neglect At Scott County Nursing Center
For days, a resident at the Scott County Nursing Center in Winchester, Illinois suffered the excruciating pain associated with a perirectal abscess while the staff at Scott County neglected the increasingly alarming signs of a person in a life-threatening situation. In this case, the woman’s keen choice in appointing a caring and diligent Power of […]
Resident Sustains Serious Burn At Meadowbrook Manor La Grange
A resident at the Meadowbrook Manor in La Grange, Illinois was severely burned. The resident has end stage renal disease, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He is also 84-years-old. Needless to say, the combination of these factors makes unassisted breathing unlikely. An oxygen tank is constantly present at his bedside. On July […]
Resident Violence Highlights Horrendous Report on Wilson Care
In September of 2011, the Wilson Care nursing home on North Hazel Street in Chicago was given a nursing home inspection report with two relatively minor violations. A year later, the annual inspection included six violations. Still, most of the violations were fairly minor. This year, the Wilson Care nursing home received 25 violations. Several […]
Resident Sexually Assaulted At Park Haven Care Center
A resident of the Park Haven Care Center in Smithton, Illinois was sexually assaulted by another resident of the facility. The victim is mentally impaired. His scores on the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) are almost exactly on the line between severe and moderate cognitive impairment. According to the report, he is able to […]
Resident Slowly Starving At Batavia Rehab and Health Care Center
An Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) investigation indicates that a resident at the Batavia Rehab and Health Care Center in Batavia, Illinois was slowly starving to death. The resident lost 10% of his body weight in a little over a month while a resident at the facility. The resident is an 82-year-old man with […]
Residents of Manorcare of South Holland Spend Hours in Pain
A recent inspection of the Manorcare of South Holland nursing home in South Holland, Illinois reveals that residents of the facility are left for hours in pain and without access to water on a regular basis. It’s the kind of report that should serve as a wake up call for anyone with a loved one […]
Resident Injures Head After Mechanical Lift Transfer at Wood Glen Nursing and Rehab Center in West Chicago
A resident of the Wood Glen Nursing and Rehab Center in West Chicago received seven sutures to the head after he was dropped during a failed nursing home transfer. The resident fell while being transferred from his nursing home bed to his wheelchair. No long-term ramifications were noted at the time, but because he already […]
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