Nursing Home Blamed For Un-checked Urinary Tract Infection
One of the more common nursing home injuries that I see commonly involves the development of a urinary tract infection during an admission to a facility. Commonly referred to as a UTI, a urinary tract infection can involve any of the part of the urinary system comprised of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Most UTI's are caused by bacteria from the colon that gets introduced to the urinary tract. However, particular patients with catheters, may develop UTI's when bacteria is introduced from other sources such as poor sanitation by staff at a skilled nursing facility. Women are significantly...
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Nursing Home Injury Laws: Illinois
Number of nursing homes in Illinois: 789 Patients living in Illinois nursing homes: 75,218 Occupancy rates of Illinois nursing homes: 78.6% Average number of deficiencies at each Illinois nursing home: 9.3 Percent of Illinois nursing homes with serious deficiencies for actual harm to patient: 42.7% Most common deficiencies at Illinois nursing homes: Accident Environment, Professional Standards, Quality of Care Distribution of ownership of Illinois nursing homes: 70% for profit, 26% non profit, 4% government Most populated cities in Illinois: Chicago, Aurora, Rockford, Joliet, Naperville, Springfield Staffing levels at Illinois nursing homes (daily hours): ): Above average, 3.6 total staff, 1.4...
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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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Sometimes Complications With Nursing Home Patients Are Not Disclosed Until They Arrive At A Hospital
Some of my angriest clients contact me after a loved one was transferred from a nursing home to another nursing home or hospital only to learn of serious medical problems their loved one likely acquired during their original admission. Of course, breaking disappointing news is difficult for anyone to do. Yet, in the case of nursing homes-- this is something they simply are required to do under the law. Similarly, nursing homes must notify the patients doctor if their condition deteriorates. I see many cases where there is no doubt an intention on the part of the original facility...
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Illinois Attorney General 'Cracks The Whip' At Violent Criminals Living Amongst Nursing Home Patients
Shesshh.... Don't let the violent offenders living amongst innocent nursing home patients in Illinois know that the Attorney General and local police agencies may soon be hunting them down! Seriously, as Illinois gets ready to introduce new nursing home safety bills, law enforcement facilities have announced a renewed push to track down unregistered felons, sex offenders and parole violators. Illinois' officials are really stepping up their focus on nursing home safety after a series of newspaper articles highlighted the how Illinois nursing homes house a significant number of young patients with psychiatric records --- including more than 3,000 with felony...
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Are Nursing Homes Required To Have Certain Numbers Of Staff?
"Are nursing homes required to have certain numbers of staff" -Edward, Highland Park, IL Illinois does not require a specific staff to patient ratio for Illinois nursing home facilities. The responsibility lies on each facility to determine the staffing needs to meet the needs of its residents. (Section 300.1230 – Staffing) The Administrative Code requires that a sufficient number of staff remain on duty for all hours of the day to provide services that meet the total needs of the residents. (Administrative Code Part 300 – Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facilities Code) Staffing is based on the needs of...
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A Rosewood Care Center Loses Almost Half Its Staff After Probe Reveals Many Employees Working Illegally
A probe by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the staff at Rosewood Care Center in Northbrook, IL revealed many employees at the Chicagoland nursing home were working at the facility illegally--- without proper paperwork the government requires for aliens to legally work. Over the course of a three month inspection of worker documents, Customs officials determined that many of the work-documents were missing or expired. Not surprisingly, Mike Brady, president of Bravo Care of Northbrook, the management company for Rosewood, says the nursing home not at fault for hiring the workers. Rather, Brady claims the nursing home was duped...
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Patient Safety And Abuse Prevention Act Closer To Becoming Law
Keeping criminals out of the nursing home industry is the intent of the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1577). The act became one step closer to becoming law this week when the Senate Finance Committee unanimously passed the aft this week. The Act would establish a nationwide system of background checks for potential nursing home and long-term care employees. If passed by the Senate, the bill would allow nursing homes to weed out potentially abusive caregivers from the hiring pool. Bill sponsors Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Pete Domenici (R-NM) in a statement called the bill an important step...
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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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Nurse's Aide Steals From Alzheimer's Patient
Latoya Johnson, a nurse's aide at an Elmhurst, Illinois senior care center was convicted by a DuPage County judge of stealing from an elderly Alzheimer's patient at the facility where she worked. Consequently, Ms. Johnson was sentenced to six months in jail. According to Assistant State's Attorney Mary Cronin, Ms. Johnson stole $18,000 from the patient after obtaining the bank account and bank routing number. A family member of the nursing home resident, discovered the theft and reported it to authorities. In addition to the jail time, the 26-year-old Johnson also received nine months of work release, 300 hours of...
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