If 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
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Elder Abuse: Violence Among Elderly Nursing Home Patients
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseThe L.A. Times is reporting on the death of a nursing home patient that was the result of his roommate beating him with a hanger rod from a closet. The incident allegedly occurred at Palm Terrace Healthcare Center in Laguna Hills, CA. Investigators are currently investigating why William McDougall (pictured) fatally beat his 94-year-old roommate… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Spotlight: Kenwood Healthcare Center, Chicago, IL
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesA recently completed nursing home survey completed at Kenwood Care Center in Chicago, IL provides a very disturbing glimpse into life at a facility that cares for a group of predominately mentally-ill patients. One hundred forty-five of the 232 patients at Kenwood had a psychiatric diagnosis and similarly 122 of the facilities patients were receiving… Continue Reading
Teenage Nursing Home Visitor Suspected Of Raping Patient
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultProtecting nursing home patients seems like an obvious responsibility of nursing homes, yet too often facilities are lax when it comes to regulating the visitors who come-and-go freely at many facilities. Of course its nice to simply see new faces at the facility– but there needs to be some method of accounting for who enters… Continue Reading
Feds Yank Funding From Another Chicago Nursing Home With A Troubled Past
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesLess than a week after federal and state funding was pulled from Somerset Place, officials have moved westward to the Fox River Pavilion in their crackdown of poor nursing home care in the Chicagoland area. Fox River Pavilion has received much scrutiny lately after reports of violence at the facility. On December 17th, a patient… Continue Reading
Mentally Disabled Patients Composing A Larger Portion Of Nursing Homes Population. Is Your Loved One At Risk?
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesNursing home facilities often house young and middle-aged residents suffering from mental illness (including schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder) with older nursing home residents. In some cases, this has led to violence against already frail elderly residents. Younger mentally ill people now make up more than 9% of the nation’s almost 1.4 million nursing home… Continue Reading
Drugs, Criminals & Violence. Welcome To The ‘Psychiatric Ghetto’ Nursing Home
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesBlog reader Rebbecca Young recently commented on a recent post, Do Former Inmates Deserve To Be Living In Nursing Homes? "Deserve? So… what, once they’ve served their sentence and justice has been done they shouldn’t have the same range of choices available to them as to any other citizen? Is being institutionalized supposed to be a… Continue Reading
Woman Beaten At Chicago Nursing Home With Troubled Past
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes, Nursing Home Abuse, Unexplained BruisingAs reported by WBBM 780 Radio, a female patient was punched by another male patient at South Shore Nursing & Rehab on Sunday evening. Staff at the Chicago nursing home called police after the man allegedly attacked the woman from behind and began punching her in the face. The woman was treated at nearby Mt…. Continue Reading
Nurse Charged With Rape Of Disabled Patient
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultAfter a six-month investigation by a New York grand jury, a licensed practical nurse (LPN) is now facing formal criminal charges of: second degree rape and endangering the welfare of an incompetent or disabled person. This story first came to light when a complaint was reported to the New York State Department of Health… Continue Reading
Atleast 50 Convicted Sex-Offenders Living Freely In Illinois Nursing Homes
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes, Sexual Abuse & AssaultOne of the most disturbing cases, my office is working on, involves a mentally and physically impaired woman who was raped by another resident at a skilled nursing facility. As if the crime itself wasn’t horrific enough, a review of the records has revealed that the other residents had complained about the individuals making sexual… Continue Reading