[Caption: The VIP Manor nursing home is one of 35 care centers managed by Cypress Health Care.] The family of a deceased Illinois man is suing the VIP Manor nursing home in Wood River, saying the facility was responsible for their family member’s death. The Madison-St Clair Record reports that Thomas Woodward, 52, was… Continue Reading
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1) Fall In Nursing Home, 2) Bed Sore In Nursing Home, 3) Lawsuit Against Nursing Home
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesGiven the circumstances, it’s not terribly surprising that many nursing home negligence cases involve similar fact patterns and types of injuries. Perhaps one of the most common fact patterns involves patients who sustain hip fractures after falling at a facility. Particularly in the elderly, falls and hip fractures can be particularly difficult given that many… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Injury Laws: Illinois
Posted in Nursing Home Injury, Wrongful DeathHard to believe, but since we initiated Nursing Home Injury Laws last year, we have helped many families get the resources they need following an injury or death of a loved one in a nursing home or medical facility. Nursing Home Injury Laws, has links and resources related to some of the most commonly… Continue Reading
New Medicare Report On Medical Errors In Hospitals Reinforces Ongoing Problems
Posted in Medical MalpracticeThere’s some saying that has been jumbled back-and-forth about how many patients were feeling fine until they went to the hospital and got sick. Well, as corny as the saying may be, a trip to the hospital may be one of that last places you want to go— particularly when you look at data released… Continue Reading
Hospitals Fined For Preventable Medical Complications Such As Bed Sores
Posted in Hospital Bed Sores, Medical MalpracticeDisgusted by the high rates of unnecessary medical complications patients were experiencing during admissions to many hospitals, Maryland has implemented a new system to penalize these poorly performing facilities. Under the new plan to improve the quality of care, Maryland Hospitals with medical complication rates higher than the state’s average would be penalized by having… Continue Reading
Family Of Neglected Nursing Home Resident Awarded $42 Million By Jury
Posted in LitigationJoseph Clint Offutt lived an admirable life. Like many of his generation, Mr. Offutt served in World War II, working on the farm and was a dedicated husband for 58 years. Yet despite all of his accomplishments in life, age began to creep up on Mr. Offutt. After suffering a stroke in 2007, Mr. Offutt’s… Continue Reading
Brookdale Assisted Living Facility Fails To Learn From Mistakes: Dementia Patient Dies After Ingesting Detergent
Posted in Assisted Living Facilities, Dementia / Alzheimer's PatientsIn 2008 authorities from Florida regulatory agencies warned Homewood Residence, a Brookdale Senior Living facility, to secure areas of its kitchen and other areas of the facility that were accessible to residents with dementia. The warning came after dangerous products such as: coffee pots, curling irons and chemical products were found unsecured at the… Continue Reading
Need Help Selecting A Nurisng Home? Talk To The Staff
Posted in Selecting a Nursing HomeI spend a lot of time talking with families regarding the selection of an initial nursing home for a family member or perhaps transferring the person from one nursing home to another. Soon into our discussion, I see mild mannered people become downright angry when discussing the problems they encounter when selecting a facility. Most… Continue Reading
Elder Abuse Is Widespread, Yet Only 4% of All Cases Get Reported To Authorities
Posted in Broken Bones, Neglect, Nursing Home AbuseI had to do a re-read of a recent article appearing in the Tennessean.com regarding the prevalence of elder abuse– or perhaps more accurately the prevalence of un-reported elder abuse in Tennessee. The article cites a report from The Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability that estimate just 1 out of 23 cases of elder… Continue Reading
Long-Term Care Hospitals: More Profit, Less Staff
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesThere’s been a lot of discussion recently regarding a New York Times article that details patient care at long-term acute care hospitals– a relatively new type of medical facility for patients requiring long-term medical care. Although these long-term care hospitals have many similarities to traditional nursing homes, they are structured to take advantage of Medicare… Continue Reading
Admissions Suspended At An Emeritus Assisted Living Facility Following The Discovery Of: Medication Errors, Bed Sores & Falsified Medical Records
Posted in Assisted Living Facilities, Medication Errors, National Nursing Home IssuesAfter discovering multiple health and safety problems, Florida officials have suspended the admission of new residents to Emeritus at Crossing Pointe– a Florida Assisted Living Facility. A September inspection of Emeritus revealed: An 82-year-old patient who died after staff failed to provide her heart medication for four days Inaccurate resident counts by facility managers… Continue Reading
Court Date Set In Illinois Elder Neglect Case
Posted in NeglectWill County, Illinois Judge Amy-Bertani-Tomczak has set a December 2nd court date for two sisters facing criminal neglect charges relating to the care of their mother. Prosecutors brought the charges against Bernice Brandon and Elizabeth Williams after a medical examiner determined that their neglect contributed to the death of their mother, Hattie Smith. According to… Continue Reading
Nursing Homes Can Improve Patient Care. How A Veterans Facility Turned Itself Around.
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesI was pleasantly surprised to see a follow-up article in the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding the Philadelphia Veterans Nursing Home and how it managed to make tremendous improvements with respect to patient care and safety. As we recently discussed, this VA facility miserably failed to provide adequate care for its patients. Less than one year after… Continue Reading
Updates From Bed Sore FAQ. Top-Ten Most Visited Entries:
Posted in Bed Sores, Pressure Sores, Decubitus Ulcers & Pressure Ulcers, DebridementThousands of people visit Bed Sore FAQ each month to get information related to the care of bed sores (also referred to as decubitus ulcers, pressure ulcers or pressure sores) and to learn their legal rights after a bed sore develops during an admission to a nursing home, hospital, group home, assisted living facility, or residential… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Attorney, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Discusses Elder Abuse In News Article
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseNursing home attorney, Jonathan Rosenfeld, of Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers was recently interviewed by Mywebtimes.com regarding "How to detect nursing home abuse" related to the LaSalle County Nursing Home sex abuse scandal. Here is an excerpt from the interview: Q: In a nursing home abuse situation, who is usually the abuser? A: Most involve residents victimizing… Continue Reading
A Recipe For Danger: Nursing Shortage Could Reach 1M By 2020
Posted in Medication Errors, Neglect, Nursing Home StaffAn aging nursing population, the growing need for nursing services and an insufficient number of facilities to train new nurses are coming together to create a ‘nursing crisis’, according to a recent article in The Iowa Independent. The congruence of factors will lead to dramatic shortages of nurses both in Iowa and on a national… Continue Reading
Illinois Elder Abuse Trial To Help Define Standard Of Care
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes, NeglectThe pending criminal trial of Jill and Julie Barry will have an important impact on Illinois seniors as it will help define what constitutes ‘reasonable care’ when it comes to the home-care of elders. Currently, prosecutors in Illinois have few parameters when it comes to the definition of ‘elder abuse’ because Illinois courts have not… Continue Reading
Cook County Nursing Home Pleads Guilty To Gross Neglect Charges
Posted in NeglectForest Park LLC, the corporate owners of Pavilion of Forest Park nursing home have plead guilty to felony gross neglect charges that stem from the death of a long-term resident. The guilty plea follows a 2005 grand jury indictment of Forest Park LLC and Jason Garti, the medical director and wound-care physician of the… Continue Reading
Bedsores: Are You At Risk?
Posted in Bed Sores, Pressure Sores, Decubitus Ulcers & Pressure UlcersThe incidence of bedsores (or pressure sores or decubitus ulcers) is shockingly common in many nursing homes, hospital and assisted living facilities. Determining who may be at risk for developing this potentially devastating condition is important to preventing the development of them in the first place. If a family member has one or more of… Continue Reading
Everything You Want To Know About Pressure Sores
Posted in Bed Sores, Pressure Sores, Decubitus Ulcers & Pressure UlcersA client’s daughter forwarded this link to me regarding pressure sores (or similarly called pressure ulcer, decubitus ulcer or bed sore). This is a thorough discussion of the subject and is useful to all who have pressure sores or who may be at high risk for developing them. This article appeared on the CNN website. Bedsores… Continue Reading