A resident at the Manorcare of Highland Park nursing home in Highland Park, Illinois developed an unstageable bedsore as a result of nursing home neglect at the facility.
According to the report filed by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the victim is an 83-year-old resident with diagnoses including lung cancer and dementia. She requires extensive assistance for transfers to bed and chair, personal toileting, and cleaning and bathing.
As regular readers of this blog know, all residents undergo a skin evaluation when entering a nursing home. The evaluation uses an assessment known as the “Braden Scale” to determine the likelihood of a skin breakdown. According to the report, the Manorcare resident was a high risk for developing a pressure ulcer.
Approximately one month after being admitted to Manorcare of Highland Park, the resident developed a condition that required supportive splints on both shins.
Two months later a dark blood blister was found on the woman’s foot as well as swelling and redness. Further investigation by the wound care specialist report revealed unstageable bedsores of the left and right foot. The wound sites were “on locations where the splints are causing pressure.”
Most nursing home residents have complicated medical conditions. The challenge for nursing home staff, medical personnel, and administration is to identify the ways that these unique issues have negative consequences on resident health, and then to put interventions in place to prevent them.
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