Nursing Home Spotlight: Clearbrook East in Rolling Meadows, Illinois Fined For Violations Involving Neglect
As we reported in a recent blog entry, thirty-two nursing homes made it onto the first-quarter 2009 “violator list” published by Illinois Department of Public Health (“IDPH”) in March. Today we shine a spotlight on one of those facilities: Clearbrook East. Clearbrook East is a 92-bed, non-profit nursing home facility, located at 3802 South Old Wilke Road in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, that serves adults with developmental disabilities. Its website proclaims that it is committed to “creating innovative opportunities, services and support for persons with disabilities.” Regrettably, the IDPH report suggests that Clearbrook East fails to do all that it should...
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Audio Recordings Used As Evidence In Conviction Of Health Care Worker
A former employee of a state-run group home for mentally disabled people was banned today from working in the health care industry after pleading guilty to a charge of negligent cruelty to a person. Gerald Guay,was sentenced by Judge Gary White in Superior Court in Hartford to a five-year suspended prison sentence, three years' probation and 100 hours of community service. White also ordered that Guay refrain from working in hospitals, nursing homes and other care-giving businesses. "You can't work in health care at all," White said. According to the Bloomfield Police Department's arrest warrant application, Guay tormented and tortured...
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