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Nursing Home Head Steals $100K From Residents
A former Head Administrator for the Heartland Health Care nursing home in Champaign, Illinois was arrested and accused of stealing roughly $100,000 from a total of 18 of her residents over a period of four years. The thefts were discovered after an internal audit. According … Continue reading
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Is Home Care A Safe Nursing Home Alternative?
For many seniors, moving into a nursing home is an absolutely nightmarish scenario, and it’s not hard to understand why. Whenever nursing homes are in the news, or featured on the Internet, it’s almost always because a terrible thing has … Continue reading
Can Nursing Homes Be “Too Big To Sue?”
A guilty verdict against a massive nursing home ownership group in California will result in a recovery for the families of the victims, but what chance does it really have to affect the bottom line? Here’s a secret that nursing homes (especially large nursing home corporations) don’t want … Continue reading
Family Awareness Reveals Bed Sores & Nursing Home Neglect
The family of a nursing home resident at the Renaissance at 87th Street nursing home in Chicago discovered an open wound on his coccyx, and demanded the attention of nursing home staff and administration. The wound had not been documented … Continue reading
Deja vu: Another Resident Wanders From Same Illinois Nursing Home
A second man has wandered away from the Midwest Rehabilitation Center in Belleville, IL. Regular readers will recall the incident from January of this year. A 75-year-old man wandered away from the very same nursing home and was found dead … Continue reading
Latino Nursing Home Under Fire in Chicago’s Humboldt Park Neighborhood
Last month the Department of Family and Support Services opened an investigation into Center Home for Hispanic Elderly, a Latino nursing home in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. On Tuesday, Center nursing home was visited by surveyors from The Illinois Department … Continue reading
NPR Article Highlights High Costs Of Nursing Home Care For Loved Ones With Alzheimer’s
Yesterday, a really great article from NPR highlighted the financial and emotional costs of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s. Both are extremely draining. It also suggests a few excellent ways to use some of the $26 Million the … Continue reading
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