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Tort Reform Hands “Get Out of Jail Free” card to Wisconsin Nursing Homes
The latest report from the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism begins with a story about a young man with spina bifida. His “caregivers” at the Wisconsin nursing home failed to seek proper treatment for a bed sore that grew over … Continue reading
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Background Check Omission Puts All Nursing Home Residents At Risk
The Winchester House nursing home in Libertyville, Illinois failed to conduct proper background checks for fifteen residents admitted to the facility. According to the receptionist at Winchester House, “Since the new company took over, we are behind in getting background … Continue reading
Residents Repeatedly Wander From Belmont Village Geneva Road
The latest inspection report from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) into the Belmont Village Geneva Road nursing home in Carol Stream, Illinois, reveals a facility seemingly incapable of maintaining the most basic obligations of nursing home operations – … Continue reading
Inflammatory News Headline Misrepresents Nursing Home Injury
A 66-year-old nursing home resident produced a folding knife and slashed the throat of a nurse who was attempting to administer his eyedrops in a Baltimore area nursing home last year. The man was convicted of assault, given a suspended … Continue reading
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Oklahoma Bill To Place Cameras In Nursing Homes Begins Journey
A bill that would require nursing homes in Oklahoma to place closed circuit cameras in nursing home rooms and in public areas like dining rooms will be given an initial reading in the Oklahoma General Assembly. As a nursing home attorney, I know full well the … Continue reading
New England Journal of Medicine: The Importance of the Second Opinion
A stunning piece in the New England Journal of Medicine provides a window into how life and death decisions are made in hospitals around the country. While many of these decisions are made successfully, there are many that are not. … Continue reading
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Mouth Pain Leaves Villa Health Care East Resident Unable To Eat
In nursing homes, there is no margin for error. Many of the residents who live in nursing homes in Illinois and across the country are in extremely fragile health. And yet, it’s important to draw a distinction between fragile health … Continue reading
Applewood Rehab Denies Pain Medications During Painful Procedure
Two wound care nurses at the Applewood Rehabilitation Center in Matteson, Illinois performed a painful procedure to clean an open wound (probably a bed sore or pressure ulcer) as the resident cried out in pain. To say that the description … Continue reading
Video Surveillance Leads To Arrest And Conviction in Oklahoma Nursing Home Abuse Case
One woman has already been convicted and sentenced to two years in jail after being caught on video abusing a resident of an Oklahoma nursing home. Another suspect is still on the run from authorities. The abusers shoved latex gloves … Continue reading
Jury Awards $1.8 Million In Nursing Home Wrongful Death Case
In his youth, the man at the center of a nursing home wrongful death lawsuit was a professional wrestler known as Chief White Owl. From the 1950s until the 1980s he worked the wrestling circuit with a feathered headdress and … Continue reading
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