Two residents at the Forest View Rehab and Nursing Center in Itasca, Illinois were injured after experiencing nursing home falls at the facility. Both residents had been designated “high risks” for nursing home falls. As such, extra interventions should have been in place to prevent injuries from nursing home falls from taking place. The first […]

The relatively small fine ($2,200) assessed to Alden Estates of Evanston detracts from the serious acts of nursing home neglect taking place at the facility. Unless the administration of the home takes action to stem the acts of neglect that are taking place, the residents of Alden Estates are going to suffer serious injuries from […]

The Illinois Department of Public Health deficiency report on the Champaign County Nursing Home in Urbana, Illinois is lengthy – 20 pages long. The report is filled with documented cases of nursing home falls, proposed interventions, care plan updates, and suggested causes. As a nursing home falls lawyer, I’ve spent a lot of time investigating many different types of falls […]

A nursing home resident at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Illinois fractured her hip after a nursing home fall at the facility. This was the sixth time she had fallen in just 6 months, but it was the first fall that resulted in a significant injury. The Daystar resident was supposed to have two […]

An 83-year-old female resident of the Foster Health and Rehab Center in Chicago fell repeatedly while in the care of the facility. The injuries resulting from these  falls included a fractured hip, broken vertebrae, broken ribs, fractured bones in her face and a head injury that resulted in blood buildup in the brain (subdural hematoma). […]

Three residents at the Claremont Rehab and Living Center in Buffalo Grove, Illinois were the victims of nursing home neglect when they suffered repeated nursing home falls in the facility. The nursing home failed to provide adequate supervision to the residents and did not implement plans of care that would include properly monitoring interventions. The […]

A failure to properly identify and evaluate the causes of nursing home falls has caused the residents of the Claridge Healthcare Center in Lake Bluff, Illinois to live in a demonstrably dangerous environment. Three residents of the facility have suffered dangerous injuries as a result of this nursing home neglect. The first resident has been […]

Staff at the Taylorville Care Center in Taylorville, Illinois ignored their own plan of care, and caused one of the residents who lives at the facility to suffer a broken leg. According to the plan of care developed by Taylorville Care Center administration, the resident suffered from poor balance and dementia, and was considered to […]

A resident of Colonial Manor nursing home in Danville, Illinois suffered a nursing home fall that resulted in a fractured leg. She was being walked to the bathroom by a single certified nurses assistant (CNA) using an assistive device called a gait belt. A gait belt is a wide belt with a handle that a […]