A failed transfer of a resident at the Helia Healthcare of Carbondale nursing home in Carbondale, Illinois resulted in a nursing home fall and a fractured femur that required extensive surgical repair. This is the second report we’ve covered of a failed transfer at Helia Healthcare in less than a year. The cases bear a […]
Failed Transfers Result In Broken Bones At Medina Nursing Center
Two residents of the Medina Nursing Center in Durand, Illinois were the victims of nursing home neglect when botched transfers resulted in broken bones. One resident sustained a broken rib, and the other a broken leg as a result of the failed transfer. The first resident was injured when a single certified nurses aide (CNA) […]
Failing to Follow a Care Plan | Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer
If you suspect your loved one has suffered from nursing home neglect you will likely want to take legal action but may be at a loss as to how to prove neglect occurred. In many cases, a failure to follow patients’ care plans is what leads to patients’ injuries. An experienced Chicago nursing home abuse […]
Failure To Follow Medication Policy Results In Medication Errors At St. Agnes Healthcare and Rehab Center
A breakdown in policy and procedure at St. Agnes Healthcare and Rehab Center on South Wabash in Chicago led to a resident getting a dangerous and inappropriate medication for four weeks. Once a month, nursing homes must engage a licensed pharmacist to review each resident’s list of medications and look for medication errors. Because a […]
Failure To Properly Use Mechanical Lift Results In Nursing Home Fall At Brentwood North
A failure to properly use a mechanical lift during the transfer of one nursing home resident resulted in a painful and traumatic nursing home fall for one resident. The nursing home fall resulted in a left femur fracture that required surgical intervention, a hospitalization, and extensive therapy. For many nursing home residents, transfers from wheelchairs […]
Ex-Cub Pitcher Finds Body of Nursing Home Resident
Kerry Wood saved many games as the closer for the Chicago Cubs, but he was too late to save a nursing home resident who presumably drowned in Belmont Harbor. Mr. Wood was paddle boarding Monday morning when he discovered the body floating in the water according to the Chicago Tribune. The man was wearing a […]
Extreme Dehydration Discovered At Granite Nursing and Rehab, Granite City Illinois
Two residents at the Granite Nursing and Rehabilitation nursing home in Granite City, Illinois were so dehydrated that they required hospitalization. One of the residents, a woman suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failure, and kidney disease among other long term conditions died as a direct result of the extreme dehydration. She also […]
Failed Mechanical Lift Transfer Results In Extensive Injuries at Sunset Rehab
Most people think of nursing homes as a place where the elderly and infirm spend their final days and weeks. It’s a concept not without merit or accuracy. For many, however, a nursing home is supposed to be a place or rehabilitation. When young people experience an injury, they usually convalesce at home under the […]
Failed Transfer Mechanical Lift Accident Results In Broken Bone At Rosewood Care Center
If you were asked when the appropriate time to train certified nurse aides (CNA) on the use of a mechanical lift would be, you would undoubtedly answer that instruction should begin before they needed to use the mechanical lift. Unfortunately for the residents of Rosewood Care Center in Swansea, Illinois, the CNAs were not trained […]
E-Prescriptions On The Rise, Errors Persist
If you’re not a part of the healthcare field, you might not even know what an e-prescription is. Ten years ago, physicians were writing almost indecipherable prescriptions on paper pads. Anyone over 20 probably has vivid memories of long waits in pharmacies while very sick. Five years ago, the practice of “calling in” prescriptions to […]
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