July 31, 2010

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: Edwardsville Terrace

Edwardsville Terrace, a care facility in Southern Illinois, recently received several Type “A” Violations from the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined $20,000. The violations resulted from a mismanaged healthcare emergency situation at the facility which involved nursing home abuse and neglect.

A mentally disabled and diabetic resident of the facility had been ill for several weeks. However, staff of the nursing home failed to properly provide close monitoring after the illness, such as recorded daily vital signs. In addition, they did not properly check the resident’s blood-sugar levels. Ultimately, the resident had a severe reaction to a medication, which nursing home staff should have known was going to occur.

Illinois nursing home investigators declared that Edwardsville Terrace staff had been negligent in failing to provide proper oversight of the resident’s illness and developing complications. They should have enacted necessary, systematic check-ups to ensure that the resident received the proper treatment.

Many residents live in nursing homes specifically because the homes are suppose to provide the quick, expert medical care necessary in life and death emergency situations. But all too often, nursing homes fail to provide the care that residents count on. Failure to provide proper emergency care is just one of many forms of nursing home negligence.

Our Chicago nursing home lawyers at Levin & Perconti have experience fighting for victims of negligent nursing home care. Be sure to contact them or any similar attorney if you know of violations similar to the one at Edwardsville Terrace.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the IDPH report on this violation, please click the link.

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July 25, 2010

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: Collinsville Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

The Collinsville Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, afacility in Southern Illinois near St. Louis, recently received several Type “A” Violations from the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined $20,000. The violations resulted from mismanaged situation resulting in one resident sexually abusing another.

One resident at the facility was allowed to attempt sexual assault on another resident on two separate occasions. The abusive resident went up to the victim without her notice while she was leaving a bathroom and pulled up her skirt. The victim immediately told staff members about the situation, but they did nothing. Later, the same resident went back into the victim’s room, held her to her bed, told her to be quiet, and attempted to remove her garments. Luckily, the victim’s screams ultimately scared the man away, and he fled the room.

Records indicated that the man had a history of drug and alcohol abuse, abusive conduct, and mental illnesses. He was admitted to the facility from the U.S. Medical Center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. The Collinsville facility had failed to perform even a basic background check on the individual before admitting him.

Illinois nursing home investigators declared that Collinsville Center staff had been negligent in failing to protect the abused resident from her attacker and not properly screening and dealing with the abusive resident.

Negligent nursing homes are dangerous living environment for seniors, because staff members do not adequately protect vulnerable residents from both internal and external threats. Those threats come in both physical abuse and negligent emergency care. In either care, victims and their families deserve compensation for the losses they suffer.

Our Chicago nursing home lawyers at Levin & Perconti have experience fighting for victims of negligent nursing home care. Be sure to contact them or any similar attorney if you know of violations similar to the one at Collinsville Community Center.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the IDPH report on this violation, please click the link.

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July 18, 2010

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: California Gardens Nursing and Rehab Center

The California Gardens Nursing and Rehab Center, a care facility on the southwest side of Chicago, recently received a Type “A” Violation from the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined $5,000. The violation resulted from mismanaged situations at the facility which involve nursing home neglect.

Contrary to proper procedure, a resident at the facility was allowed to obtain cigarettes and smoke unsupervised in his own bedroom on several occasions. Previously, the resident had burned his chest while smoking on his room while lying down. On subsequent interviews with the resident by investigators, it became clear that the problem had still not been resolved. The resident continued to obtain cigarettes and lighting capabilities.

This particular resident had been diagnosed with major depressive disorder, seizure disorder, cerebral vascular accident-prone, and diabetes. Those vulnerabilities plus the resident’s history of inappropriate smoking, mean that nursing home administrators and staff need to provide extra oversight of the resident to ensure that future violations no longer occur. The smoking presented a hazard to all residents in the facility.

Many residents live in nursing homes specifically because the homes are supposed to provide quick, expert medical care and proper oversight. But all too often, nursing homes fail to provide the oversight that residents count on. Failure to provide proper oversight of residents is just one of many forms of nursing home negligence.

Our Chicago nursing home lawyers at Levin & Perconti have experience fighting for victims of negligent nursing home care. In one case, we successfully negotiated a $1.5 million settlement for a nursing home resident, whose smoking was improperly monitored, leading to severe burns and ultimately death.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the IDPH report on this violation, please click the link.

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July 5, 2010

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: Barry Community Center

The Barry Community Center, a care facility in Southern Illinois, recently received several Type “A” Violations from the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined $35,000. The violations resulted from mismanaged emergency situations at the facility which involved nursing home abuse and neglect. The Center is owned by Alden Village North, a nursing home group based out of Chicago.

Contrary to proper procedure, a resident at the facility was allowed to eat unsupervised for 30-35 minutes. When a care worker finally checked on the resident, they found her to be choking on the food. To compound the error, the nursing home staff members did not provide any quick emergency care (such as back blows) nor did they call 911. Instead they waited over an hour to call her personal physician. When the abused resident was finally brought to the hospital, it was too late. She was unresponsive and in severe respiratory stress, and she died shortly after.

Illinois nursing home investigators declared that Barry Community Center staff had been negligent in allowing the resident to eat alone, failing to give back blows when it was discovered that the resident was choking, and failing to immediately contact 911.

Many residents live in nursing homes specifically because the homes are suppose to provide the quick, expert medical care necessary in life and death emergency situations. But all too often, nursing homes fail to provide the care that residents count on. Failure to properly monitor meal times leading to a choking death is just one of many forms of nursing home negligence.

Our Chicago nursing home lawyers at Levin & Perconti have experience fighting for victims of negligent nursing home care. Be sure to contact them or any similar attorney if you know of violations similar to the one at Barry Community Center.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the IDPH report on this violation, please click the link.

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June 23, 2010

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: Adloff Place

Adloff Place, a care facility in Springfield, Illinois catering primarily to the physically and mentally handicapped, recently received a Type “A” Violation from the Illinois Department of Public Health and fined $15,000.

Inspectors of the facility noted that two of the twelve residents were engaged in sexual activity, and that nursing home staff had no policy in place to ensure that both individuals consented to the activity. One of the residents involved suffers from bipolar disorder and has a severe mental handicap with the functioning level of an 11 year old. The inspectors noted that the facility needed to have a clear policy in place to ensure that no sexual abuse occurs.

These policies are especially important in facilities where mentally challenged and elderly individuals reside because they are particularly vulnerable to unwanted sexual advances. Failure to monitor such abuse is an all too common form of nursing home negligence.

In addition the report explains that the facility had also been negligent in failing to prevent residents from physically abusing one another. At least four separate residents were found to have been injured by others in the facility.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the IDPH report on the Adloff Place violation, please click the link

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April 5, 2010

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: South Shore Nursing & Rehab Center

South Shore Nursing & Rehab Center in Chicago, Illinois has received a Type “A” Violation and a fine in the amount of $15,000 after inspectors found that the nursing home was negligent when it did not properly supervise nursing services. Inspectors also found that some residents were wandering.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the IDPH nursing home website, please click the link.

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March 28, 2010

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: Evergreen Health Care Center

Evergreen Health Care Center in Evergreen Park, Illinois has received a Type “A” Violation and a fine in the amount of $25,000 after inspectors found that the nursing home was negligent when it failed to notify the patient’s physicians after significant changes in the resident’s health. Inspectors also found that there were problems with patient’s catheters.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators throught Illinois. To access the Illinois nursing home , violation website please click the link.

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March 22, 2010

Illinois Nursing Home Violation: Wheaton Care Center

Wheaton Care Center in Wheaton, Illinois has received a Type “A” Violation and a fine in the amount of $12,000 after inspectors found that the nursing home was negligent when it did not ensure that the nursing home environment was free from accidental hazards. Inspectors also found that resident’s were physically abusing each other without proper supervision and monitoring. This nursing home is owned by Eric Rothner, LP whose nursing homes have recently been investigated by the IDPH and by the media for alleged nursing home abuse and neglect.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the IDPH nursing home website, please click the link.

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November 22, 2009

Evergreen Health Care Center, Evergreen Park, IL

Evergreen Health Care Center received notice on August 24, 2009 that the home received a $10,000 fine and a Type A Violation from the Illinois Department of Public Health. The nursing home failed to provide oxygen treatment for a resident with declining low oxygen saturation and shortness of breath and did not notify the resident’s doctor of her change in condition. As a result of the nursing home’s failures, the resident died of respiratory arrest.

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November 20, 2009

Clearbrook East, Rolling Meadows,IL

Clearbrook East nursing home received notice of a $20,000 fine and a Type A violation on September 30, 2009. After reviewing the nursing home’s records, the Illinois Department of Public Health determined that the nursing home failed to ensure that a resident received her seizure medicine as ordered by her doctor. The violation report states that the nursing home failed to administer the resident’s seizure medication to her and failed to notify the her doctor that she did not receive her medicine.

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November 18, 2009

Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Willowbrook, IL

On July 24, 2009, the Chateau Nursing Center in Willowbrook received notice of a Type A violation and fine of $20,000. The violation report from the Illinois Department of Public Health notes that the nursing home did not properly supervise a male resident who had previously exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior. Nursing home staff later discovered that he had sexually abused a female resident by having non-consensual sex with her.

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November 16, 2009

Ballard Nursing Home, Chicago

The Chicago nursing home received a Type A Violation and notice of a $30,000 fine on July 31, 2009. The nursing home did not properly place a resident’s tracheostomy tube and did not reevaluate the position of the tube or notify the resident’s physician. Because of these failures, the resident did not receive oxygen and died from respiratory failure. The Ballard Nursing Home violation report can be accessed by clicking on the link.

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November 14, 2009

Burnham Health Care, Chicago

A Type A violation and a $50,000 fine notice were issued to Burnham Healthcare by the Illinois Department of Public Health for the beating death of a nursing home resident by two other residents who both had long histories of aggressive behavior. The facility failed to properly monitor this behavior or provide supervision to prevent altercations from occurring. You can read the full report of this IDPH violation against Burnham Health Care by following the link provided.

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November 10, 2009

Alden Wentworth Nursing Home, Chicago

A notice of a $30,000 fine and a Type A violation were issued to Alden Wentworth nursing home for the death of a resident who jumped from a third floor window and died. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health report, the nursing home failed to ensure that the Alzheimer’s/Dementia Unit was staffed with adequate numbers of trained staff and that staff understood methods to control the resident’s wandering behaviors and attempts to elope from the facility. Click on the link to access the report for this Alden Wentworth violation.

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November 8, 2009

Alden Village North Nursing Home, Chicago, IL

Alden Village North, a nursing home in Chicago, was sent a notice on August 31, 2009 of a Type A violation by the Illinois Department of Public Health and a notice of a $35,000 fine. The violation report findings stated that a boy under the nursing home’s care died of sepsis and bowel obstruction. The report states that the nursing home staff failed to provide written documentation including nursing assessments and notifications to his physician despite a change in his condition. Read the full violation report for Alden Village North.

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November 6, 2009

Alden Princeton Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

The Illinois Department of Public Health gave Alden Princeton nursing home in Chicago notice of a Type A violation on July 31, 2009. According to the IDPH report, the nursing home failed to make sure that a resident received dialysis for five days. The nursing home home also failed to report that the resident missed dialysis to the his doctor, putting him at high risk for a fatal condition. Access a copy of the IDPH report on Alden Princeton by following the link.

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September 29, 2009

Central Baptist Village

Central Baptist Village in Norridge, Illinois has received a Type “A” Violation and a fine in the amount of $20,000 after inspectors found evidence of nursing home abuse. The inspectors found nursing home abuse, lack of reporting by fellow employees and that the employee suspected of abuse was not properly terminated. Inspectors found a resident with a large bruise on her inner thigh and found the resident confused upon visit. A report indicated that some believed that the bruise was from the staff’s mishandling of the resident. The report highlights that some employees have been suspicious of the behavior of a fellow employee. Despite their fears of nursing home abuse, the employee was still working at Central Baptist Village at the time of the report. Other residents also had visible bruises.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the violation website, please click the link.

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September 15, 2009

Briarbrook Place

Briarbrook Place in East Peoria, Illinois has received a Type “A” Violation and a fine in the amount of $20,000 after inspectors found that staff did not prevent wandering. Inspectors also found that the facility did not have an active medical record for each resident.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the violation website, please click the link.

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September 13, 2009

Bourbonnais Terrace

Bellefontaine Place in Bourbonnais, Illinois has received a Type “A” Violation and a fine in the amount of $20,000 after inspectors found that there was nursing home was negligent when it allowed residents to sexually abuse one another. Inspectors also found that resident’s were physically abusing each other as well.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the violation website, please click the link.

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September 10, 2009

Bellefontaine Place

Bellefontaine Place in Waterloo, Illinois has received a Type “A” Violation and a fine in the amount of $20,000 after inspectors found that there was nursing home abuse and neglect at the facility. The inspection revealed that the nursing home did not have sufficient seatbelts when transporting the residents.

The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. To access the violation website, please click the link.

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