Salvador Palmieri was 86 when he underwent heart surgery and then experienced complications, which necessitated prolonged hospitalization in his hospital bed. A week after surgery, a nurse noticed new bedsores on his buttocks. The hospital’s wound care nurse recommended cleaning and dressing the wound. However, a few months later, while…
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Report Shows That Nursing Home Residents Are Found to be Abused in One of Three Nursing Homes
It is not new that nursing home residents are too often at risk for abuse, neglect and injury in the more than 17,000 nursing home facilities operating in the United States. Too many times these facilities are understaffed or staffed with untrained or unskilled workers. All of this results in…
Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Cases Should Not be Confused with Medical Malpractice Cases
As the baby boom generation ages, the population of nursing homes is also expanding. Elderly Americans and Illinois residents who reside in nursing homes are likely the most vulnerable members of this aging society. Nursing home cases should not be confused with medical malpractice cases. A medical malpractice case typically…
$13.2 Million Jury Verdict in Inadequate Staffing Case at Nursing Home
Mary Dwyer was 87 years old when she was admitted to Harbor View Heath Care Center for a short-term rehabilitation after she had surgery. During the following three months, she lost 20 pounds and developed multiple pressure sores, including a Stage IV sacral wound. Dwyer required two surgical debridements, application…
Arbitrator Awards $975,000 against Nursing Home for Failure to Implement Treatment Plan and for the Death of its Resident
Sui Mee Chiu, 85, was admitted to the Arcadia Health Center for long-term care. A member of the Arcadia staff found a Stage I pressure sore on Chiu’s lower back. A care plan was then initiated by the nursing home staff. The plan included pressure-reducing measures, frequent bathing and wound…
$150,000 Settlement Reached for Nursing Home Resident Who Developed Bedsores and Received Inadequate Nutrition
Alice Horne was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. She was confined to her bed at the Lexington Healthcare of Orland Park nursing home. Horne was 82 years old; the staff discovered bedsores on her heels and sacrum. The nursing home staff began repositioning her, but the staff did not…
$28 Million Jury Verdict in Nursing Home False Claims and Whistleblower Act Fraud Case
Two former employees of Momence Meadow Nursing Center, Vanessa Absher and Lynda Mitchell, asserted that Momence Meadows and its owner, Jacob Graff, consistently chose not to provide nursing home residents with the adequate care. It was alleged that the nursing home staff allowed patients to suffer neglect, lack of medical…
Nursing Home Resident’s Family Receives $1.75 Million Settlement for Failure to Provide Fall Prevention Procedures and Pain Management
An 86-year-old nursing home resident fell as many as 12 times during her stay. This led to the need for a wheelchair. The resident, Ms. Doe, required pain management because of her injuries. A staff member at the nursing home was alleged to have stolen the pain medicine from Ms. Doe. After Ms.…
Nursing Home Employee Reveals Resident Bed Sores and Other Nursing Home Abuses by Photography
A former nursing home employee reported to state health officials that he witnessed severe neglect at the nursing home in which he worked, including a resident’s severe bed sores, an elderly resident lying in a pool of urine and another resident who had fallen and was calling for help, yet…