Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Mentally Ill Patients Pose Danger to Elderly Nursing Home Residents

  Kristina Labanauskas | March 24, 2009 5:40 PM | 3 CommentsCook County, IL

  There has been a significant increase in the number of mentally ill patients residing in nursing homes. And, mixing frail elderly with younger and stronger mentally ill patients in nursing homes has...

• Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Filed On Behalf of Former NYC Cop

  Jamie G. Goldstein | October 26, 2006 2:44 PM | 3 CommentsChicago, IL

  The family of a former New York City police officer who died three years ago has filed a nursing home neglect lawsuit against Brooklyn's Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center.Abraham Ticknor lived at the nursing home from the time he suffered a stroke in the mid 1990s until his death in 2003.His daughter says that beginning in March 2003, the geriatric center did nothing to prevent massive bed...

• False charting at nursing homes

  Barry Doyle | February 15, 2010 8:58 AM | 2 CommentsCook County, IL

  One thing that we do when we are handling a nursing home abuse and neglect case is thoroughly review the chart for false chart entries. Every nursing home staff member I have ever deposed has always...

• Mentally ill straining state nursing homes

  Barry Doyle | February 13, 2010 12:50 PM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  You might think that nursing homes are places where we send our elderly loved ones to receive care when we ourselves cannot care for them. And while this is true, the state of Illinois has extended...

• Project results on 75% reduction in bed sores

  Barry Doyle | July 25, 2007 8:00 AM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  Researchers in New Jersey recently announced the results of a project which was intended to reduce the development of bed sores in patients in health care institutions. Bed sores are technically known as pressure ulcers and are caused by unrelieved pressure on the skin, usually on bony prominences. The unrelieved pressure results in tissue death, which causes pain for the patient and...

• Woman Dies After Hitting Head At Nursing Home

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 22, 2007 2:30 AM | 1 CommentChicago, IL

  A North Carolina nursing home resident died three days after she was dropped by an employee of the Ocean Trail Convalescent Center. Willa Martin who was 87 years old was a double amputee and was being moved by the employee when she was dropped and hit her head on a concrete floor. The fall was approximately four feet. Martin died three days after the fall.Willa Martin's family has filed suit...

• Indiana AG Appoints Watchdog Panel to Monitor Nursing Homes

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 12, 2010 8:17 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  After being ranked as one of the worst states for nursing homes in the country for neglect, elder abuse, and other regulatory violations, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has ramped up the...

• Study reports falls in elderly linked to hardened arteries

  Kristina Labanauskas | May 18, 2010 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  According to some researchers, treating high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol could help prevent some accidents. As aging blood vessels in the brain stiffen, they are less able to...

• Clinton nursing home cited by state

  Barry Doyle | April 09, 2010 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A nursing home in Clinton has recently been cited, and had its director removed, after an inspection by the Illinois Department of Public Health. According to Pantagraph.com, Manor Court of...

• North Carolina nursing home under investigation

  Barry Doyle | February 22, 2010 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  According to a report from WRAL TV news in North Carolina, a Chapel Hill nursing home has been referred to the State Police for investigation. This was prompted by several residents from the nursing...