A resident at the Community Nursing and Rehab Center in Naperville, Illinois was humiliated and distressed when she was told that she would no longer be permitted to use the toilet to empty her bladder and instead would have to urinate in her diaper. In addition to the embarrassment, this policy creates an environment where […]

An 87-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who was living at the Grove at the Lake Living and Rehabilitation Center in Zion, Illinois was hospitalized in August with a black eye and a severely fractured jaw. The woman is a new resident of the Grove on the Lake nursing home. She moved into the facility just […]

There is clear evidence that a staff member at Clearbrook Center nursing home in Rolling Meadows, Illinois physically abused a 27-year-old female resident with profound mental retardation, pervasive developmental disorders, and epilepsy. In mid-October of last year, a member of the housekeeping staff witnessed one of the Aides at Clearbrook Center slap the resident twice, […]