Is The Push To Privatize A Chicagoland Nursing Home A Good Thing?
It's no secret that privately operated, "for-profit" nursing homes tend to provide inferior care and have higher rates of deficiencies that their "non-profit" peers, yet a Chicagoland community is set to possibilily turn over the operation of a long-time nursing home to a private company. Citing the financial burden of providing quality patient care within the standardized medicare reimbursement rates, Lake County has summoned a panel of experts to an advisory board to help determine if the county should shift operation of the long-standing Winchester House in Libertyville, IL to a private nursing home operator. Advisory board chairman, Ric Olson...
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Illinois Nursing Home Settles Lawsuit Involving Multiple Falls Of Resident
Winchester House, a Lake County, Illinois nursing home, has chosen to settle a pending nursing home negligence lawsuit involving a resident who fell multiple times in the facility and ultimately died. Under the terms reached during mediation, the family of Helen Menneke will receive $1 million for the loss of their 83-year-old relative. Helen Menneke was admitted to Winchester House in 2004 for treatment and care of dementia. Ms. Menneke fell several times over the course of her admission, suffering a traumatic brain injury and fractured bones. Although nurses implemented an alarm system for Ms. Menneke's bed and wheelchair,...
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