Nursing Home Spotlight: Addolorata Villa: Wheeling, Illinois
Even at nursing home facilities with relatively high Medicare ratings and low average number of health deficiencies, serious problems can still occur. Despite a three-star (average Medicare rating), Addolorata Villa (a nursing home located in Wheeling, Illinois with 91 certified beds) failed to provide proper care and services to an elderly female resident after a fall, which then required an ER visit for serious injuries. Addolorata received two stars for its health inspections for five health deficiencies over the past year. This is three less health deficiencies than the average number of health deficiencies for Illinois nursing homes and also three less...
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Woman Beaten At Chicago Nursing Home With Troubled Past
As reported by WBBM 780 Radio, a female patient was punched by another male patient at South Shore Nursing & Rehab on Sunday evening. Staff at the Chicago nursing home called police after the man allegedly attacked the woman from behind and began punching her in the face. The woman was treated at nearby Mt. Sinai Hospital for bruising and swelling around her eye. Although the woman was released from Mt. Sinai, it is unknown if she returned to South Shore. Read more about this violence at a Chicago nursing home here. About South Shore Nursing & Rehab South Shore...
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When Bruises Can't Speak For Themselves: The Difficulty Proving Abuse Of Disabled Nursing Home Residents
The News & Observer, had an article about the difficulty proving physical abuse in disabled nursing home residents who are unable to communicate any information about the act. The article focuses on an 88-year-old disabled woman who sustained bruises to her face(consistent with abuse) while a resident at Sunnybrook Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Raleigh, N.C. The woman suffered from advanced dementia and was unable to walk or roll over-- therefore bruising due to a fall could immediately be ruled out. Read the full article about the abuse of disabled nursing home residents here. Elder abuse in North Carolina Complaints of...
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