The daughter of a 92 year old nursing home resident with an unexplained black eye and fractured vertebra in Slidell, Louisiana is suing the facility for the right to use a video camera to monitor her mother’s room. In May of this year, the daughter of 92 year old Ann Graff went to visit her […]
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New Report Shows Serious Care Violations and Doubled Fines For 56 Illinois Nursing Homes The Illinois Department of Health produces quarterly reports on nursing home violators. The most recent report, dating January 2018 thru March 2018, highlights more than 50 Illinois facilities determined to be lacking in patient care abilities related to the Nursing Home Care
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The University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr. Nagamani ‘Mani’ Pavuluri, widely considered an expert on bipolar disorder in children, have both been accused of violating medical ethics during a clinical study that studied the affects of lithium on children suffering from bipolar disorder. This past November, Dr. Pavuluri and UIC were ordered to repay
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5 Causes of Nursing Home Resident Anxiety Unfortunately, for many reasons’ anxiety happens more often by long-term care residents than by those who live in the general community. Several recent studies published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry identified common rates for anxiety disorders in long-term care settings escalated as high as 20 percent compared to
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Earlier this month, it was decided that nearly 28,000 low-income Illinois caregivers for people with disabilities will finally receive the $.48 raise that the General Assembly approved in last summer’s budget deal. The $.48 raise was supposed to have gone into effect on August 5, 2017 per state law that says, “Within 30 days after the
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With the number of sexual assault and harassment claims increasing by the day, the public is beginning to see just how many crimes have been buried with the help of confidentiality agreements. It seems as if no industry has been immune to engaging in cover ups of rape, assault, harassment, and abuse. In light of
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A well-known downtown Chicago surgical center, Gold Coast Surgicenter, is being sued by a male patient who claims an anesthesiologist negligently administered anesthetic agents, causing him to suffer cardiac arrest that caused brain damage. According to the filing, as a result of improper monitoring during a routine outpatient surgery to repair the patient’s knuckle, the patient suffered
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Willie Green was only 67 years old when he suffered a fatal fall in 2013 at Southpoint Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Chicago’s Southside. According to the lawsuit, Willie Green had a history of fainting and cognitive issues that required assistance while walking. Mr. Green fell in the entrance to his room on January 4,
On July 18th, a Cook County jury gave justice to the family of Dolores Trendel. Awarding $4.1 million dollars, a record-setting verdict under the Nursing Home Care Act, the jury found Assisi at Clare Oaks Senior Living in Bartlett, Illinois, liable for stopping a medication that caused a stroke and ultimately ended 85 year old
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