The incidents recorded in the latest inspection report for the Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon, IL could easily result in the wrongful death of one or more of the residents living there. Out of five residents reviewed for medication errors, the nursing home failed to correctly administer medications to three of them. Considering […]

A series of medication errors put the lives of two residents of the Shady Oaks West nursing home in dire jeopardy, according to a report released by the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services. One of the residents suffered through days of neglect at the nursing home before finally being hospitalized. Because of the […]

A resident of Grosse Pointe Manor in Niles, Illinois was hospitalized for a drug overdose after she was mistakenly given an unknown quantity of narcotics. In November of last year, a female resident was transferred to a local Niles, Illinois hospital because of a host of symptoms including lethargy, difficulty breathing, and unresponsiveness. The hospital […]

Two residents admitted to Alden Town Manor Rehab and Health Care Center in Cicero, Illinois were the victims of severe medication errors that could have easily proven fatal. The first resident was admitted to the Alden Town Manor Rehab with end stage renal disease, diabetes, and hypertension. The resident was prescribed Heparin, a blood thinning […]

The Fountainview nursing home in Eldorado, Illinois was guilty of multiple medication errors that led to the emergency hospitalization of one of their residents. Before any medication is delivered to any nursing home resident, nurses are trained to ask themselves 5 questions: Is this the right patient? Is this the right medication? Is this the […]

A failure to properly administer insulin to a nursing home resident resulted in a critical drop in blood sugar levels and a hospitalization at Grove of Evanston in Evanston, Illinois. The resident was admitted to the hospital with end stage renal disease and diabetes, and was under a doctor’s orders to receive an injection of […]

A resident of the Alden Wentworth Rehab and Health Care Center in Chicago died after a narcotic overdose at the facility. The resident was was diagnosed with a variety of problems including, but not limited to, renal disease, type II diabetes, congestive heart failure, seizure disorder, arthritis, and asthma. He also had a history of […]

A resident at the Lexington of Schaumburg nursing home in Schaumburg, Illinois was nearly the victim of a fatal nursing home medication error when the nursing home staff failed to properly transcribe a prescription order from the resident’s physician. The resident is a 74-year-old man with a long history of heart problems including chronic atrial […]