Nursing Home Spotlight: Ballard Nursing Center, Des Plaines, Illinois
Normal 0 0 1 958 5463 45 10 6708 11.1282 0 0 0 Ballard Nursing Center is yet another large nursing home facility located in Des Plaines, Illinois. Ballard can accomedate 231 Medicare / Medicaid patients. Ballard scored three out of five stars according to the Medicare Nursing Home Compare website, which is an average rating. Ballard had only five health deficiencies in the past year, which is three less than the average in Illinois and in the United States. Despite the relatively low number of health deficiencies, some residents failed to receive the necessary care and services to attain or...
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Bankruptcy Laws Allow Owners Of Assisted Living Facility To Ignore $1.2M Judgment Against Them
The $1.2 million judgment North Carolina Superior Court Judge, James Ammons handed down in a 2006 negligence trial will literally amount to nothing after the owners of the Countryside Villa run-for-cover under North Carolina's bankruptcy laws. The large verdict against the assisted living facility was awarded to Joe Cooper, a Marine Corps Veteran, who suffered a concussion, respiratory failure that required a breathing tube and the loss of several teeth in a incident that occurred at the facility in 2003. In addition to the facilities responsibility for Mr. Cooper's injuries related to the specific episode, Judge Ammons also concluded that...
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