Lawsuit Alleges That Even After Death, Chicago Nursing Home Fails To Respect Families Wishes
A somewhat unusual lawsuit has been filed by the family of a deceased nursing home patient against a Chicago nursing home. Unlike most nursing home lawsuits seeking damages for injuries or death to an individual, a lawsuit filed by the family of a deceased patient at Ridgeview Nursing Home seeks damages for emotional distress after the facility allegedly failed to notify them of the death of their mother. According the the allegations made in the lawsuit, Lovera Staples had been a patient at Ridgeview Nursing Home since 1991. Sometime in April, 2010 Ms. Staples was admitted to nearby Saint Frances...
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More Crooks Nabbed In Chicago Nursing Home
If you've been following many of the news headlines regarding Chicago Nursing Homes, you'd likely think that these facilities are teaming with violent patients. Well, 'teaming' may be a little strong, but these facilities do seem to have an alarming number of unsavory characters who have no business living in nursing homes--- let alone sitting side-by-side with particularly vulnerable patients. To her credit, Attorney General Lisa Madigan does at least acknowledge the problem with having people with criminal records and arrest warrant living freely amongst other vulnerable nursing home patients and has initiated a crackdown on the problem by conducting...
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Chicagoland Manor Care Facility Named In Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A recently filed wrongful death lawsuit alleges that ManorCare's Hinsdale, IL facility was negligent in caring for a 74-year-old patient at the facility. According to the lawsuit, filed in Cook County, the patient died from acute renal failure that was brought about by severe dehydration within 30 days her he admission to the facility due to the fact that the facility failed to monitor the patients fluid intake and output. Acute Renal Failure Many people use acute renal failure interchangeably with kidney failure. Either way, acute renal failure may result after a patient has been denied adequate fluid intake. In...
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Home Care Nurse Gets Probation For Ignoring Bedsores On Child
Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced Morris Lee Brinkley, a home-care nurse, to two years probation and 60 days of community service following her role in the death of a Chicago boy who she responsible for caring for. Earlier, Brinkley pleaded guilty to criminal neglect of a disabled person. Brinkley provided home-care nursing to the 13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Despite the fact that she only saw the boy on weekends, she admitted that she was aware that the boy was mistreated by his mother-- yet she failed to alert authorities. When questioned, Brinkley knew the boy's mother: Left...
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Fall In Stairwell Results In Paralysis-- And Ultimately Death Of Chicago Nursing Home Resident
The family of a Chicago nursing home resident has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sacred Heart Nursing Home in connection to a fall at the facility. The lawsuit asserts that Sacred Heart failed to supervise the nursing home patient with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and a propensity to fall. The woman left her room without the knowledge of the nursing home staff and fell down a stairwell at the facility resulting in fractures to her back, closed head injuries and paralysis. Eight months after sustaining the injuries, the woman died. The lawsuit is pending in Cook County, Illinois. Read more...
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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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Lexington Care Center Named As Defendant In Case Involving Mutiple Falls
Lexington Care Center of Lake Zurich, Illinois has been named in nursing home negligence lawsuit filed in Cook County. The lawsuit alleges Chicago nursing home failed to monitor an 83-year-old resident who was a known high fall risk. The woman allegedly fell five times from February through August, 2007. The fifth and final fall at Lexington resulted in a fractured hip that required surgery. Unfortunately, the woman remained at Lexington for five days before the staff transferred her to a hospital for x-rays and medical treatment. Unhappy with the care Lexington provided, the family chose an alternative facility for...
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Chicago Nursing Homes Not Making The Grade
21 Chicago Nursing Homes have received a 'one star' rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The facilities were selected for this dubious honor according to objective criteria: results from annual inspections, level of staffing at the nursing home and performance of 10 key quality measures related to patient care. The poorly rated Chicago Nursing Homes also share other similarities in that they are all 'for-profit' facilities and all have been frequently named in lawsuits in Cook County, Illinois. Among the under-achievers: Alden Northmoor Rehab Alden Princeton Rehab Ambassador Nursing & Rehab Center Avenue Care Center Belhaven Nursing & Rehab Center...
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Lawsuit Filed Against Nurse Who Intentionally Gave Too Much Morphine
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court against Woodstock Residence Nursing Home, WRHC & RC Inc. and two nurses at the facility related to the death of 78-year-old Virgina Cole. The lawsuit alleges that Ms. Cole was administered too-high does of morphine while a resident at Woodstock Residence in 2006. The nurses took it upon themselves to administer morphine dosages higher than Ms. Cole's physicians had prescribed. This civil lawsuit follows recent felony criminal neglect charges in filed against the nurses in McHenry County Court. Both nurses remain free on $50,000 bond. Read more about this nursing home...
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