A somewhat unusual lawsuit has been filed by the family of a deceased nursing home patient against a Chicago nursing home. Unlike most nursing home lawsuits seeking damages for injuries or death to an individual, a lawsuit filed by the family of a deceased patient at Ridgeview Nursing Home seeks damages for emotional distress after… Continue Reading
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More Crooks Nabbed In Chicago Nursing Home
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesIf you’ve been following many of the news headlines regarding Chicago Nursing Homes, you’d likely think that these facilities are teaming with violent patients. Well, ‘teaming’ may be a little strong, but these facilities do seem to have an alarming number of unsavory characters who have no business living in nursing homes— let alone sitting… Continue Reading
Chicagoland Manor Care Facility Named In Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted in ManorCareA recently filed wrongful death lawsuit alleges that ManorCare’s Hinsdale, IL facility was negligent in caring for a 74-year-old patient at the facility. According to the lawsuit, filed in Cook County, the patient died from acute renal failure that was brought about by severe dehydration within 30 days her he admission to the facility due… Continue Reading
Home Care Nurse Gets Probation For Ignoring Bedsores On Child
Posted in Nursing Home StaffCook County Judge James Linn sentenced Morris Lee Brinkley, a home-care nurse, to two years probation and 60 days of community service following her role in the death of a Chicago boy who she responsible for caring for. Earlier, Brinkley pleaded guilty to criminal neglect of a disabled person. Brinkley provided home-care nursing to the… Continue Reading
Fall In Stairwell Results In Paralysis– And Ultimately Death Of Chicago Nursing Home Resident
Posted in Nursing Home FallsThe family of a Chicago nursing home resident has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sacred Heart Nursing Home in connection to a fall at the facility. The lawsuit asserts that Sacred Heart failed to supervise the nursing home patient with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and a propensity to fall. The woman left her room without… Continue Reading
Man Falls From Fourth Floor Window To His Death At Alden Nursing Home
Posted in Alden Nursing Homes, Illinois Nursing HomesThe Chicago Sun Times reported on the death of 84-year-old, Benny Saxon. Saxon was a resident at Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Chicago, Illinois when he either jumped or fell to his death from the fourth floor. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office pronounced Saxon dead shortly after the incident. Chicago Police… Continue Reading
Lexington Care Center Named As Defendant In Case Involving Mutiple Falls
Posted in Nursing Home FallsLexington Care Center of Lake Zurich, Illinois has been named in nursing home negligence lawsuit filed in Cook County. The lawsuit alleges Chicago nursing home failed to monitor an 83-year-old resident who was a known high fall risk. The woman allegedly fell five times from February through August, 2007. The fifth and final fall at… Continue Reading
Chicago Nursing Homes Not Making The Grade
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes21 Chicago Nursing Homes have received a ‘one star’ rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The facilities were selected for this dubious honor according to objective criteria: results from annual inspections, level of staffing at the nursing home and performance of 10 key quality measures related to patient care. The poorly rated Chicago Nursing Homes… Continue Reading
Lawsuit Filed Against Nurse Who Intentionally Gave Too Much Morphine
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes, LitigationA 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… Continue Reading