Hospitals have been the focus of most patient safety studies, like a 2010 Department of Health and Human Services report that estimated substandard hospital care was responsible for 180,000 patient deaths annually. Federal officials also have been concerned about standards of care outside hospitals. A new Medicare report suggests medical malpractice is widespread. Cook County […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Patient care mistakes in Cook County long-term care facilities may go undetected. Nursing home residents are often elderly, very ill or incapacitated, which makes them targets for abuse. Many residents are silent victims of nursing home neglect. Prosecutors in a state on the East Coast have brought criminal and civil charges against Medford Multicare Center […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Hidden cameras sometimes catch people doing what they shouldn’t be doing. Video surveillance cameras can capture criminal behavior and proof of liability. You’ve probably read about “nanny cams,” which secretly monitor the activities of child care workers. The same technology is being put to use to detect nursing home neglect and abuse. A hidden camera […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Understaffed nursing homes are detrimental to residents who have the right to quality health care. Government and private nursing home operators operate within budgets that all too often take precedence over safety. Illinois nursing home neglect is just as likely to be caused by an overworked employee as it is a lax one. A 97-year-old […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Bed rails can be both a blessing and a curse to individuals who are residing in a nursing home. Families in Illinois should be aware of the reasoning behind this statement, especially in circumstances involving dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. This is because these individuals are often most at risk when it comes to the potential […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Families in Chicago often worry about their aging loved ones. As their health deteriorates, these individuals often become harder to care for and if a family can afford it, they may put the person into a nursing home. But once that person has become a resident at such a facility, it does not mean that […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Choosing a nursing home for a loved one in Chicago is often a lengthy and challenging process for families. Families want to make sure their loved ones will receive the proper care and attention they need and deserve. And in order to trust that a nursing home and its workers will take proper care of […]
Nursing Home Neglect
We have mentioned before on our Chicago medical malpractice law blog that nursing home residents need to be carefully monitored, especially those who have trouble walking and getting out of bed on their own. Elderly nursing home patients may suffer broken bones or head injuries when they fall. They may also suffer additional health complications […]
Nursing Home Neglect
When Chicago nursing home patients are prescribed Coumadin or warfarin, their nurses and other caretakers must be especially careful and attentive when administering the drug. Coumadin helps to prevent strokes and other complications from blood clotting problems. However, this drug can also be very harmful when it is not administered correctly. Not all patients respond […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Nursing homes are supposed to be safe places for elderly Chicago residents and other vulnerable patients. In order to provide patients with a safe facility, though, nursing homes must make sure they are properly staffed. Nursing home residents need to be carefully monitored, they often need to be bathed and groomed by someone else, and […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Nursing home patients in Chicago may be old, frail and nearing their final days, but this does not mean that their medical needs should go unaddressed or neglected. Why, then, have two patients recently died from not being administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation when they were found unresponsive by nursing home workers? Were both patients victims of […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Last week on our Chicago medical malpractice law blog, we began discussing how one woman has made it her goal to provide nursing home and hospital patients and their families with checklists that they can use to avoid becoming victims of medical malpractice and nursing home neglect. Many injuries and illnesses that are suffered by […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Earlier this week on our Chicago medical malpractice law blog, we began discussing a troubling report that was recently published by Bloomberg News. The report suggests that nursing home abuse is not as uncommon as we would like to think it is, and anyone could become a victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, especially […]
Nursing Home Neglect
Earlier this week on our Chicago medical malpractice law blog, we mentioned that a local nursing home is currently being sued for causing the wrongful death of a patient who overdosed on medications that had not been prescribed correctly by doctors. Some families might assume that this case is an isolated incident and that their […]
Nursing Home Neglect
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