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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

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Man Sentenced in Nursing Home Sexual Assault Case

Posted on May 07, 2009
A man who pled guilty to sexually assaulting an elderly woman at a retirement home will spend close to 12 years in prison. Investigators say the man was already a registered sex offender when he broke in the nursing home and fondled an 85-year-old woman...

Nursing Home Cited in 6 Deaths

Posted on May 06, 2009
Nursing Homes have been cited by state investigators for failing to perform lifesaving measures on residents who had requested that they be resuscitated. Two nursing homes have been cited for ignoring written orders that residents not be resuscitated...

Abuse charges filed against Nursing Home Aide

Posted on May 05, 2009
A nurse?s aide at a nursing home was charged with abusing an 80-year-old female patient by tying her legs together during an eight-hour shift. The woman had no authorization to commit such physical restraint on the elderly woman. The victim suffered from Parkinson?s disease and dementia...

Resident Falls to His Death at Alden Wentworth in Chicago

Posted on May 05, 2009
An 84-year-old nursing home resident at Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation in Chicago died on May 4 after falling from a window at the nursing home. According to the Southtown Star, the victim was Benny Saxon of Chicago?s South Side. At the time of the report, it was not know whether his death was accidental or a suicide...

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Abuse charges filed against Nursing Home Aide

Posted on May 04, 2009
Two sisters are on trial, charged with criminal abuse or neglect of an elderly person, after their mother was found dead in their care. Prosecutors in Kane County, Illinois believe that malnourishment, dehydration and the bed sores on the woman?s body were contributing factors in the elderly woman?s death...

Man Jailed for Embezzlement and Elder Abuse

Posted on May 03, 2009
A man is currently behind bars after the embezzlement and elderly neglect of his own mother. The victim was diabetic, deaf in one ear and blind in one eye. The man is charged with one count of embezzlement of a vulnerable adult, which is felony. Additionally, once inside the victim?s home investigators say they found trash, clothing and dirty dishes strewn about the house...

Nurse Steals $22,000 from Elderly Man

Posted on May 02, 2009
A registered nurse stole more than $22,000 from an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer?s disease and then used the money to pay for expensive lingerie, delinquent tax bills, a trip to Atlantic City and more. The woman surrendered to authorities on various financial exploitation felony charges that could land her in jail for up to 15 years...

Poor Care Led to Nursing Home Resident?s Death

Posted on May 01, 2009
A woman is alleging a nursing home?s substandard care of her mother resulted in her ultimate death. The elderly abuse lawsuit states that the woman suffered serious infections including numerous urinary tract infections. Additionally the nursing home staff is accused of failing to timely report these changes to the physician, resulting in delays in treatment...

Nursing Home Pays $6.5 Million in Patient Death

Posted on April 30, 2009
A jury has awarded a family $6.5 million in a wrongful-death lawsuit. The man died two days after leaving the nursing home. A previous stroke had left the man rehabilitated, forgetful and always in need of water to drink. Jurors found the nursing home was solely responsible for the man?s death...

Caregiver Charged with Stealing from 86-year-old woman

Posted on April 30, 2009
A 49-year-old Illinois woman was charged with felony theft and 20 counts of felony forgery after she admitted to writing 20 checks from the account of an 86-year-old woman she was caring for. Prosecutors say that the elderly woman was financially exploited out of $740...

Family Awarded $7 Million in Nursing Home Negligence

Posted on April 29, 2009
A Court decided that a family deserved $7 million for the nursing home neglect and wrongful death of their father. The man died after officials at a local nursing home neglected him to the point where his body was covered with 35 bedsores. The sores which were in advanced stages and infected, made it impossible to embalm his body...

Nursing Home Investigated after Cell Phone Misuse

Posted on April 28, 2009
A state?s department of health is investigating a nursing home after a complaint was made about an incident stemming from employee misuse of cell phone in patient areas. Two employees have been dismissed because of the incident. Under the nursing home?s policy an employee is not allowed to have a personal cell phone in a resident area...

Chicago?s Latinos Face Cultural and Financial Barriers When Accessing Quality Nursing Home Care

Posted on April 28, 2009
A Brown University Study shows that more than 74,000 nursing home residents have bed sores in five states with high Mexican-American populations. This study mirrors conditions in Chicago, Illinois long-term care facilities. The report concluded that residents in nursing homes with overwhelmingly Latino patient populations are more likely to suffer from bed sores than those in nursing homes with mostly while patients...

Illinois Nursing Home Sued After Woman Found on Train Track

Posted on April 27, 2009
An Orland Park, Illinois nursing home has been sued for nursing home negligence after a resident with dementia was discovered lying on train tracks. The woman was suffering from cold exposure eight hours after wandering off during a group field trip to a local high school...

Man Dies in Possible Case of Nursing Home Abuse Near Chicago

Posted on April 26, 2009
The death of a nursing home resident in the village of Burnham, a southern suburb of Chicago, may be a result of nursing home abuse. Thomas Donovan, a resident at Burnham Terrace nursing home, died on April 1 from injuries he sustained during an altercation, possibly at the nursing home...

Help Protect Nursing Home Residents By Supporting Legislation Eliminating Mandatory Arbitration

Posted on April 25, 2009
On April 29, 2009, NCCNHR and Fair Arbitration Now Coalition will sponsor Arbitration Fairness Day. People are encouraged to show their support for the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (S. 512 and H.R. 1237) and the Arbitration Fairness Act (H...

Nurse?s Aide Enters Plea to Abuse Charge

Posted on April 24, 2009
A 27-year-old nurse?s aide charged with abusing elderly couple has entered a plea of no contest. The man pled no contest but mentally ill to first-degree abuse of a vulnerable adult, which is a 15-year-old felony. A second count of the same charge had been dismissed as part of a pretrial settlement...

Break the Silence on Elder Abuse

Posted on April 22, 2009
?Break the Silence? has become a phrase used to raise awareness to raise awareness for the reporting of elder abuse. People should report to the local authorities if they are suspicious of any elder abuse. Many times callers can remain anonymous as investigations are conducted...

Police Find Alzheimer?s Patient was Sexually Abused

Posted on April 22, 2009
Deputies were investigating a case of sexual abuse in a nursing home. Police say that they discovered an 81-year-old visitor fondling an 86-year-old resident with Alzheimer?s disease. The police say that the 86-year-old woman is not aware of her surroundings, and the elderly man is facing a charge of abuse of an incapacitated person...

Ex Nursing Home Aide Admits to Nursing Home Abuse

Posted on April 20, 2009
A former nursing home aide has pled guilty to three counts of disorderly conduct against vulnerable adults. The 25 year old aide pled guilty to three of the six original elder abuse counts against her. Two of the victims of her elder abuse are dead and some others have dementia...

Study Shows Many Nursing Home Problems Go Underreported

Posted on April 20, 2009
Serious flaws in the nursing home industry have been uncovered by a nursing home watchdog group. This group believes that unreported physical and sexual elderly abuse is occurring too often inside many nursing homes. The group spent a great deal of time on the Medicare website that was supposed to show what?s going on inside all nursing homes around the country...

Three Accused of Extorting $100,000 from an Elderly Woman

Posted on April 20, 2009
Three people used lies and threats to persuade an elderly woman more than $100,000. The three became acquainted with the victim and came up with a variety of reasons why she needed to give them thousands of dollars at a time from her bank account. Once the flow of money stopped, the three started threats of violence against the elderly woman...

Nursing Home Industry Makes Secret Survey and Enforcement Proposals to Congress

Posted on April 18, 2009
In a secret Issue Brief being circulated in Washington, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) is asking Congress to turn back the clock on nursing home residents. The AHCA wants to repeal the current statutory requirement for annual surveys and nursing facilities and go back to a 1982 proposal for less-than-annual surveys...

Man Held in His Mother?s Suspicious Death

Posted on April 17, 2009
A man was taken into custody in connection with what police believe is a suspicious death of his mother. When Meals on Wheels went to deliver food to the elderly woman they believe that the elderly woman was asking for water. They went there again and did not receive an answer...

Woman Found Guilty of Elderly Abuse

Posted on April 17, 2009
A woman was convicted of elderly abuse nearly three years after the 76-year-old man?s body was found in his home. The woman faces up to 13 years in prison when she is sentenced. She was convicted of elder abuse with a ?strike? for a previous robbery conviction and an enhancement for great bodily injury...

Pair of Employees Indicted in Nursing Home Abuse Case

Posted on April 16, 2009
Two former nurse?s aides at a nursing home have been indicted on elderly abuse and neglect charges stemming from an investigation into an alleged 2008 incident. The indictments come as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged physical abuse of a former resident at the nursing home...

Elderly Abuse on the Rise

Posted on April 15, 2009
With the number of people losing their jobs and moving in with their elderly family members, elderly abuse is on the rise. Oftentimes people take the stress out on those closest to them. A victim?s advocate states that the elderly are being targeted right now and are often threatened by their abusers not to tell anyone or risk consequences...

HBO Debuts ?The Alzheimer?s Project? in May

Posted on April 14, 2009
HBO is showing a 4-part documentary series that focuses on Alzheimer?s. Hopefully the documentary series will draw attention to the traumatic disease that affects the elderly. The documentary series starts May 10 at 9 P.M. Oftentimes those will Alzheimer?s end up in nursing homes...

Study Shows that Hispanics Receive Poorer Nursing Home Care

Posted on April 14, 2009
A Brown University study shows that nursing home facilities with a primarily Hispanic resident population generally provide lower quality care than facilities primarily servicing whites. Investigators examined Minimum Data Set and federal OSCAR data to reach their conclusions...

Suspect Arrested in Nursing Home Abuse Case

Posted on April 12, 2009
Police have arrested a woman suspected in a nursing home abuse case. The arrest affidavit states that the suspect is wanted for abusing an 80-year-old woman. One of the nursing home staff noticed the victim?s closed door and the fact that her help light was activated...

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