An infected bed sore nearly cost one resident his life at the Regency Rehabilitation Center in Niles, Illinois. The resident, an 85-year-old man, developed a bed sore at the facility that became septic and required a surgical debridement. As a bed sore lawyer, I get frustrated when a nursing home resident develops any bed sore […]
Bed Sore Requires Surgical Treatment at Regency Rehabilitation Center, Niles Illinois
Bed Sore Neglect Uncovered At Village at Victory Lakes
A resident of the Village at Victory Lakes nursing home in Lindenhurst, Illinois developed a state II pressure ulcer while a resident at the facility. Any pressure ulcer that presents at a nursing home facility or other health care facility is almost always a result of nursing home neglect. Further disturbing details that are a […]
Bed Alarm Failure Results In Broken Leg At Symphony of Joliet Nursing Home
A resident suffered a broken leg after a nursing home fall at the Symphony of Joliet Nursing Home in Joliet, Illinois. The resident had a history of falls, and Symphony of Joliet had put an intervention in place stipulating that a bed alarm be utilized every night. What is a bed alarm? Nursing home interventions […]
Beatings And Nursing Home Abuse Common At Sacred Heart Home
The recent inspection report of the Sacred Heart Home in Chicago contains a horrific incident of nursing home abuse. Beyond that, it also paints a picture of a nursing home out of control, where resident violence has become a daily occurrence. A resident of Sacred Heart Home was publicly beaten by nursing home staff, the […]
Balmoral Home Chicago Ignores Physician Orders For Multiple Sclerosis Resident Leads To Multiple Bed Sores
The Balmoral Home in Chicago ignored a physician’s orders for specific treatment for one of their residents suffering from multiple sclerosis. As a result, the resident developed multiple bed sores on her foot and knee that required surgical debridement. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. Because of […]
Autistic Abuse In Nursing Home Caught On Camera
Nursing home workers were caught on camera beating a 22-year-old autistic boy in a nursing home. The security camera was placed in the home after the family found bruises on the young man’s ears and legs. They even documented burns on his arms. For years, the family took care of him at home. But […]
Asta Care of Elgin Fined For Multiple Nursing Home Neglect Incidents
The Asta Care Center of Elgin, Illinois was recently fined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid after a series of incidents revealed a severe lack of training, leadership, and accountability. It’s incredibly fortunate that no residents were killed as a result. For one resident, nursing home staff cruelly and unnecessarily refused to provide him […]
Asta Care Center Of Colfax Nursing Home Lacks Actual Nurses
The regulations that exist for nursing homes and other skilled nursing facilities are fairly light with regard to the staffing of nurses. This is probably due to the wide variance in the number of beds that nursing homes contain. After all, some nursing homes house hundreds of residents under a single roof. Others may contain […]
Asta Care Center Of Bloomington Fined $3,300 For Failing To Prevent Bedsores
Asta Care Center of Bloomington in Bloomington, Illinois was fined $3,300 because of nursing home neglect that led to the development of two bedsores, or pressure ulcers, on a resident in January of this year. The detailed report illustrates the sad decline of a citizen’s health and the neglectful way the nursing home responded to […]
Arthur Home Violation of Nursing Home Neglect & Bedsores Results in $18,300 Fine
The Arthur Home in Arthur, Illinois was fined $18,300 by the state of Illinois for nursing home neglect that resulted in a life threatening situation for one of their residents. The fine was for substandard care that resulted in numerous bedsores, and the $18,300 is higher than a standard fine for a bedsore-related nursing home […]
Antibiotic-Resistant E. Coli Strain Increasingly Found In Nursing Homes
A strain of E. coli (Escherichia coli), a deadly bacteria, has been proliferating among our most vulnerable – nursing home residents. A study published in the April 2013 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology examined hundreds of samples of E. coli collected during a two month period in 2011. The antibiotic-resistant strain was identified […]
An Apple A Day: Fiber Rich Fruit Effective in Protecting The Teeth of Nursing Home Residents
A study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society linked eating high fiber foods, especially fruit, to the improvement of a chronic oral condition known as periodontitis. According to the study, men over 65 can greatly benefit from a diet high in fiber. A chronic disease is a disease without any cure. The symptoms […]
American Geriatrics Society Updates Nursing Home Fall Prevention Guidelines
The American Geriatrics Society along with the British Geriatrics Society has updated their guidelines for preventing nursing home falls. It’s the first time the guidelines have been updated since 2001. The guidelines are determined by an extensive literature search that includes reviews, randomized trials, controlled studies and other publications produced between 2001 and 2008. As […]
Alzheimer’s Resident Falls From Window at Renaissance of Hillside
A resident at the Renaissance at Hillside nursing home in Hillside, Illinois fell from her window, 14 feet off the ground, into the bushes outside. She was taken to a local hospital and was diagnosed with a wrist fracture. The resident was a known risk for wandering and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. According to […]
Alzheimer’s Man Beaten To Death In Nursing Home In Oak Park, IL
Blunt head trauma and Craniocerebral injury are fairly insipid terms for what happened at the Oak Park Health Care nursing home in Oak Park, Illinois, but that’s what police investigators are calling it. Crainiocerebral injuries are injuries to the head where the brain is also injured. It’s typically found in car accident victims. I think […]
Alzheimer’s Action Day – Wear Purple On September 21 To Show Support For Alzheimer’s Patients
Friday, September 21, has been designated Alzheimer’s Action Day. Wear purple to show support for the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, the Alzheimer’s association is sponsoring two ebay auctions to raise money for the cause. As a Chicago nursing home lawyer, I have spent countless hours with nursing home residents suffering from all stages […]
Alton Rehab Fined For Nursing Center Neglect And Bed Sores
Alton Rehab and Nursing Center in Alton, Illinois, was fined $25,000 by the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services for nursing center neglect. According to the report, the Alton Rehab and Nursing Center failed to properly assess, identify, and treat residents in their care who suffer from bed sores. Despite their innocuous sounding name, […]
Alden Princeton Fails To Stem Bed Sore Growth
The Alden Princeton Rehab and Health Care Center nursing home in Chicago was fined by the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to respond adequately to existing bed sores, also known as pressure sores and decubitus ulcers. Nursing homes have clearly defined obligations with regard to bed sores in a nursing home environment: no […]
Alden Long Grove Fined For Nursing Home Neglect In Pressure Sore Care
The Illinois Department of Public Health fined the Alden Long Grove Rehab and Health Care Center in Long Grove, Illinois for nursing home neglect that led to two of their residents developing pressure sores on their heels and ankles. Pressure sores, also known as bedsores, are one of the hallmarks of neglect in nursing homes […]
Administration Remains Mum About Broken Bones and Bed Sores At Genesis Senior Living
Multiple failures to alert the families and physicians of nursing home residents at the Genesis Senior Living nursing homein Aldeo, IL after serious injuries are serious infractions of Illinois law. The undeniable fact of nursing home life is that, for many people, the nursing home is the last place they will ever live. Residents pass […]
Abuse Allegations Ignored At Tri-State Nursing and Rehab
“Phantom bruises” are bruises that seem to appear mysteriously, with neither the bruised resident nor any staff member aware of how the bruises developed. In my experience as a nursing home abuse lawyer, I’ve found that these happen far less often than nursing homes would have families believe. Five residents at the Tri-State Nursing and […]
A Great Idea: New Jersey Lawmakers Spend A Day in a Nursing Home
Two New Jersey state legislators, a State Senator and the Morristown Mayor, recently spent an entire day in the Morris Hills Center, a Morristown nursing home, speaking with staff and getting a complete tour of the facility. I’m pleased to report that according to the Daily Record coverage, it seems the visit was more than […]
A Dangerous Trend Of Nursing Home Resident Violence
When people hear about violence in a nursing home, the image they form in their minds is usually one where the staff of a nursing home assaults one of the residents of the home. That is the most common kind of nursing home abuse. There’s growing evidence indicating that another kind of nursing home abuse […]
$327 Million In Damages Against Johnson & Johnson In Risperdal Ruling
A few months ago on this blog, I wrote about a report by the Department of Health and Human Services that indicated that elderly patients with dementia were being repeatedly prescribed antipsychotic drugs because of the calming effect the drug induces in the elderly. The prescriptions are being written “off label”. Off label means […]
5 Tips For Communicating With Alzheimer’s Patients
As a nursing home attorney, I’ve spent many hours working with and talking to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Even though many nursing home administrators and personnel don’t credit the word of Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, our Chicago nursing home lawyers know that, if approached correctly, they can provide critical information […]