Illinois Nursing Home Quarterly Violations: Second Quarter 2011
With more than 800 nursing homes in Illinois, the Illinois Department of Health is responsible for both the licensure of each facility and investigating claims related to complaint's made to the state's nursing home complaint hot-line. As a way providing a sense of organization to the nursing homes within the state that fail to provide sufficient patient care, a quarterly list of violations is released to the public on a regular basis. For many of the violations, the agency provides links to the survey report which list the date the survey inspection was completed and the specific violations involved. While surely...
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53 Illinois Nursing Homes Cited In 2009- 2nd Quarter Violations
53 Illinois Nursing Homes have the dubious distinction of being named on the Illinois Department of Public Heath, 2009 Second Quarter violations list. The list represents nursing homes that have been cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health due to violation(s) of the Nursing Home Care Act, or the agency has recommended de-certification to the Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for violations in relation to patient care, pursuant to Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act. Related Nursing Homes Abuse Blog...
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Blacks Receive Inferior Care At Most Nursing Homes
A very informative, and frankly disheartening, investigative article on race in Chicago Nursing Homes was recently published in The Chicago Reporter. The article's author, Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, concluded that black nursing home residents received inferior care compared to their counterparts in predominately white facilities-- even when the facilities were owned by the same person. Lowenstein analyzed the care rendered to residents at Alden Nursing Home, a well known chain of Chicago facilities owned by Floyd Schlossberg. Lowenstein obviously did his homework, he analyzed data from: the Illinois Department of Public Health's website, staffing levels on the Centers for Medicare and...
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First Quarter 2009 Illinois Nursing Home Violators Released
Thirty-two Illinois nursing homes have the dubious honor of making it to the first-quarter 2009 'violator list'. The list is comprised of facilities that the Illinois Department of Public Health has initiated action against. The list is a reminder to residents and families that they must be diligent in looking out for their loved ones-- regardless of a facilities impressive track record. While some of the facilities on this quarter's list are 'regulars' others appear for the first time and generally have a good track record. Among this quarter's more notable violators: Three Alden facilities- Alden Alma Nelson Manor, Alden...
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Man Falls From Fourth Floor Window To His Death At Alden Nursing Home
The Chicago Sun Times reported on the death of 84-year-old, Benny Saxon. Saxon was a resident at Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Chicago, Illinois when he either jumped or fell to his death from the fourth floor. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office pronounced Saxon dead shortly after the incident. Chicago Police are investigating the incident, but early reports indicate that the man suffered from dementia and showed signs of being agitated shortly before his death. Currently, the death is being evaluated a suicide. A dementia unit on the fourth floor? If the reports of this...
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