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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

By Levin & Perconti

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Last Entry: November 03, 2020 at 10:01:32

Study Shows Fault with Nursing Home Admission Agreements

Posted on August 24, 2009
The move to a nursing home is a stressful, anxious time for not only the resident but their family as well. That is why so many people find themselves signing nursing home contracts without properly reviewing them. However, the document is not one of routine and many admission agreements are harmful and have provisions that violate the law...

Nurse?s Aide Charged with Taking Inappropriate Photo

Posted on August 23, 2009
A former nurse?s aide at a nursing home has been charged with taking a sexually explicit photo of a 49-year-old male patient with a traumatic brain injury. It was said that the man used a cell phone to take an inappropriate photo of a nursing-home patient under his care...

Woman is sentenced for Financially Exploiting Elderly Man

Posted on August 23, 2009
A woman who was convicted in June of financially exploiting and neglecting the care of an elderly man was sentenced to probation. While the judge believed that the woman was responsible for the financial abuse she also felt that the state bore as much responsibility for the

$53 Million Nursing Home Lawsuit Overturned on Appeal

Posted on August 22, 2009
A $53 million judgment against a nursing home management giant HCR ManorCare has been overturned by a court of appeals, citing technical issues surrounding the ownership structure set up between the nursing home where the nursing home neglect occurred and parent companies...

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Alden Village North Nursing Home

Posted on August 22, 2009
Alden Village in Chicago, Illinois has received a Type ?A? Violation and fines in the amount of $25,000 after inspectors found that tube fed clients eat in their bedrooms. The Department of Health and Human Services found that these residents were not properly fed nor were proper records kept...

When the Caretaker becomes the Abuser

Posted on August 22, 2009
Every year as many as 10% of older adults are reportedly abused by a family member. Of course these numbers do not reflect the actual number of reported elder abuse cases, because oftentimes elder abuse goes unreported. The elderly are a particularly vulnerable population for a number of reasons and they oftentimes rely on professional caretakers or family members to help them through their daily routines...

New Elder Abuse Legislation Raises Penalties

Posted on August 21, 2009
The state of California has just enacted nursing home legislation that increases elder abuse penalties. The bill takes effect on January 1, 2010 and will increase fines from $6,000 to $10,000 for those found guilty of placing an elder or dependent adult in situations where great bodily harm or death is likely...

Ex-Nurse Admits Guilt in Elderly Abuse Case

Posted on August 21, 2009
A former nursing home nurse is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree assault on an at-risk adult. The nurse is accused of neglecting and sometimes abusing a mentally comprised 65 year old woman while bilking Medicaid for the cost of the care...

Death at Burnham Terrace Home may be the Result of Nursing Home Abuse

Posted on August 21, 2009
In April of 2009, Levin & Perconti discussed the death of a nursing home resident in the village of Burnham, located in the southern suburb of Chicago. This death may have been the resident of nursing home abuse. The victim died on April 1 from injuries he sustained during an altercation, which may have been at the home...

Addolorata Villa Nursing Home

Posted on August 20, 2009
Addolorata Villa Nursing Home in Wheeling, Illinois has received a Type ?A? Violation and a fine in the amount of $20,000 after inspectors found that there was recent falls with injuries at the nursing home. Many of these falls occurred despite the staff?s knowledge of predisposition for falling...

Study Shows Severe Underreporting in Elder Abuse

Posted on August 20, 2009
The National Center on Elder Abuse says adult protective service agencies nationwide tallied 253, 421 reports of elder abuse in 2006. This amounts to 832 cases of elder abuse per 100,000 in that age group. While this may seem like a small number, research has shown that as much as 84 percent of elderly abuse and neglect goes unreported to authorities...

LaSalle County Nursing Home Angers Ombudsman

Posted on August 20, 2009
On June 4, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) issued a report faulting the nursing home for failing to protect female residents from the molestations of a male resident between January and May. The day after report was released the resident was moved from the home to the mental unit at an Illinois hospital...

Nursing Assistant Charged with Elder Abuse

Posted on August 19, 2009
A nursing assistant has been charged with hitting and beating four elderly women with Alzheimer?s disease at a nursing home. The nursing aide is currently being held under home confinement. The co-worker described a rampage in which the employee allegedly attacked one woman by grabbing her head to get her to a toilet when she began defecting...

Illinois Case May Set Legal Guidelines for Elderly Abuse

Posted on August 19, 2009
The conviction of two Illinois sisters found guilty of neglecting their elderly mother may play a role in defining how similar cases are decided in the future. The Kane County State?s Attorney believes that the two convicted of elderly abuse will appeal their felony conviction, putting the case in the hands of the Supreme Court...

Steps Needed to Recognize Elder Abuse

Posted on August 19, 2009
One of the biggest problems with elder abuse is that it is rarely reported. The elderly tend to be either or embarrassed or unaware of abuse, so it is important that family members recognize the signs of elderly abuse. Here are some signs to look for regarding elder abuse or neglect: 1...

Nursing Home Death Prompts Lawsuit

Posted on August 19, 2009
The family of a woman who died in 2007 of acute sepsis and other complications stemming from a large Stage 4 pressure wound is bringing a nursing home negligence lawsuit. The pressure ulcer was discovered two months before her death, causing paramedics to rush the 82-year-old woman to the hospital...

Nursing Home Aide Charged with Assault at Nursing Home

Posted on August 18, 2009
A nurse?s aide accused of punching and threatening an 83-year-old nursing home resident who has Alzheimer?s disease was arraigned on assault and battery charges. The woman allegedly punched the victim twice in chest and stomach, pushed her down onto her bed, and ordered her not to get up again...

Support the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008

Posted on August 18, 2009
Congress is currently considering a very important piece of nursing home legislation. The bill would increase transparency of nursing home ownership, operations, staffing and expenditures. It would also improve the consumer complaint process and increase civil monetary penalties...

Assisted Living Facility Gives up License and Still Faces More Penalties

Posted on August 18, 2009
An assisted living center that?s giving up its state license to avoid government oversight and regulation is facing $16,000 in additional fines. At the same time, the family of a resident who was seriously injured at the facility is discussing claims made by the care center?s owners...

Man Accused of Stealing Elderly Woman?s Drugs

Posted on August 18, 2009
The manager of an assisted living facility accused of stealing the residents? medications and replacing them with over the county medications pled not guilty today in court. The manager was arrested by narcotics investigators with the sheriff?s office and charged with six felony counts of cruelty to a person 65 or older and counts of theft...

Illinois Fines LaSalle County Nursing Home

Posted on August 18, 2009
LaSalle County Nursing Home has received a $20,000 fine for violations stemming from the molestation of several female patients by a resident of the home. The Illinois Department of Public Health said that the nursing home has opted to appeal the fine, but there has been no hearing date set...

Nursing Home Denies an Elder Abuse

Posted on August 17, 2009
A family believes that one of their members is a victim of nursing home abuse. They have contact both the local authorities and the local police, however the nursing home denies any allegations of abuse. Additionally, the nursing home conducted their own internal investigation and allowed the Department of Health to investigate the complaints of elder abuse...

A Man Receives Sentence in Nursing Home Abuse Case

Posted on August 17, 2009
A former certified nurse assistant at a nursing home has been sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to elderly abuse. The man was arrested for physically abusing an 88-year-old resident at the nursing home where he lived. The employee admitted to investigators that he struck the bedridden woman in the face, grabbed her arm and pushed her into the wheelchair...

Illinois Legislature Seeks to Amend Nursing Home Care Act

Posted on August 15, 2009
Illinois House Bill 3445 will amend the Nursing Home Care Act and the state Mandates Act. It provides that no person may establish or operate a nursing home in Illinois unless and until he or she provides to the Department of Public Health proof of liability insurance coverage in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence...

While Economy Struggles, Elder Financial Exploitation is on the Rise

Posted on August 15, 2009
Advocates for the elderly are seeing more cases of financial exploitation of senior citizens as the recession wears on. This elder abuse ranges from taking advantage of an aging relative to fraud. One victim was financially exploited by her at-home care giver...

Elder Self-Neglect and Abuse linked to Increased Risk of Dying

Posted on August 14, 2009
Elderly self-neglect is associated with a nearly six-fold increase in the risk of dying within a year. Elder self-neglect and abuse are serious, common and under recognized. There are an estimated 2 million cases of elder self-neglect and abuse in the United States...

Nursing Homes still not Protected during Disasters

Posted on August 14, 2009
A report released by the National Council on Disability claims that the federal government still has a long way to go to insure that disabled Americans are protected during major disasters. The report states that emergency agencies should be able to talk to disabled people and their representatives for guidance in formulating disaster plans...

Elderly Protected by Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act

Posted on August 14, 2009
The elderly and their families will no longer be forced to give up their legal rights and sign one-sided mandatory arbitration clauses under new nursing home legislation introduced in the US Senate. The bipartisan Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 will prevent nursing homes from deliberately hiding fine print clauses that force seniors to surrender their rights to jury and enter an unfair and one-sided mandatory binding arbitration process...

Two Sisters Found Guilty of Neglecting Mother

Posted on August 13, 2009
Two sisters from Geneva, Illinois were found guilty this morning of criminally neglecting their 84-year-old infirmed mother. The two women found guilty of elder abuse will be sentenced on October 9. They could be sentenced to as little as probation or 2 to 5 years in prison...

83-year-old Patient Restrained While Employee Took Nap

Posted on August 13, 2009
A nursing home aide tied an 83-year-old woman to her wheelchair with a bed sheet, took her into a common room, turned out the lights and napped. The victim remained restrained for approximately one hour. The elder neglect incident occurred in May of 2008...

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