Posts tagged neglect

• Nursing Home Deaths in Illinois

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 18, 2006 12:12 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Ilinois State Police are investingating five deaths at a Woodstock nursing home.A former employee at the Woodstock Residence, 309 McHenry Ave., has spoken to state police about the investigation, according to the source.No arrests have been made and none is expected soon, because the investigation could take another few weeks, the source said.At this time the police believe that residence...

• Nursing Homes Fined

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 13, 2006 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  The Illinois Department of Public Health recently reported two nursing homes that were fined for not properly monitoring patients. The violations were both Type A violations under the Nursing Home Care Act.At Sterling Pavilion a woman died from a head injury she sustained after a fall at the nursing home. At Coventry Village a 64 year old man was rushed to a hospital after going into septic...

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

  Jamie G. Goldstein | October 26, 2006 2:44 PM | 3 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  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...