A resident of the Westmont Nursing and Rehab Center in Westmont, Illinois experienced a fractured hip during a nursing home fall. According to a report compiled by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the man was an Alzheimer’s patient. At approximately 2:00 in the morning, he was wandering the nurse’s station in an agitated […]
Resident Left on Commode at Danville Care Center
A resident at the Danville Care Center in Danville, Illinois was left on the commode in her bathroom for over four hours. This kind of neglect is an example of how quickly a situation can fall apart when staff fail to properly follow procedures. Nursing home residents should always have a call light within reach, […]
Resident Falls Three Times, Fractures Hip at Claridge Healthcare Center
A resident at the Claridge Healthcare Center in Lake Bluff, Illinois fell three times in five months while a resident of the facility. Her first fall occurred when she was using her walker. The walker was found on top of her. A bump nearly two inches wide was found on her forehead. There is no […]
Resident Burned At Walnut Manor, Walnut Illinois
A resident at the Walnut Manor nursing home in Walnut, Illinois was seriously burned after a moist hot pack was left on her skin. The burn on her right shoulder was a “full thickness” burn, meaning that the burn penetrated all three layers of the skin. This is considered the most serious kind of burn. […]
Resident Burns To Death At Lake Shore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centre
A resident of the Lake Shore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centre On North Sheridan Road in Chicago burned to death on the smoking patio of the nursing home. A difficult to watch video can be seen at CBS Chicago. In the video, the wheelchair bound man is smoking a cigarette when the lighter in his pocket […]
Resident Chokes To Death At Presence Villa Franciscan
A resident at the Presence Villa Franciscan nursing home in Joliet, Illinois choked to death while eating unsupervised. He was transferred to a local hospital and died nine days later having never recovered. The resident was assessed for choking risk upon admission to the nursing home. A note in her clinical record stated that she […]
Resident Develops Bed Sores At Lake Shore Healthcare And Rehab Center
A 79-year-old resident of the Lake Shore Healthcare and Rehab Center here in Chicago developed multiple bed sores while a resident at the facility. The victim has been diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer and is on hospice care. Needless to say, there is no positive prognosis for metastatic pancreatic cancer. However, the patient was alert […]
Failure to give medications at Forest View Rehab
A resident of the Forest View Rehab and Nursing Center in Itasca, Illinois nearly died after the nursing home failed to provide the medications ordered by the resident’s physician. Days passed while the nursing home administration failed to take even the most basic actions to fix the situation. The resident is now on hospice care. […]
Bronzeville resident breaks arm during repositioning
A resident’s arm was broken during what should have been routine care. The man is a resident of the Bronzeville Park Nursing and Living Center in Chicago, Illinois with diagnoses of quadriplegia, depression, gastric ulcer, and diabetes. Having quadriplegia means a person is unable to move both their arms as well as their legs. The […]
Resident Breaks Back After Fall From Bed at Renaissance at 87th Street
A resident at the Renaissance at 87th Street nursing home in Chicago, Illinois fell from his bed and broke two vertebrae. The fall was the second in six days for the resident, who was initially admitted to the nursing home with diagnoses of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, abdominal pain, muscle weakness and cancer. […]
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