As we've discussed several times recently, the problem with training nursing home caregivers and keeping up with proper staffing requirements has been one of the most prominent topics in the ongoing debate about the care and services your loved ones receive in nursing homes. These topics come to mind when reading a recentpress release from a company that focuses on background screening of home healthcare Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Arbitration in Ulcer Case Ends in $4.5 Million Award
A lawsuit filed in Nevada seeks to affirm an arbitration award of $4.5 million to the family of a woman that died in a Las Vegas nursing home of complications from bed sores, skin breakdown, and dehydration. As the article explained, the deceased resided in the nursing home for less than three weeks while recovering from a stroke. An award that high is sure to draw much ire from nursing home supporters, but in cases Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Champaign Nursing Home Looks to Combat Budget Crunch with Dialysis Venture
As discussed, it's no secret that nursing homes and patient advocates alike are extremely nervous about the ramifications that may unfold due to Governor Quinn's proposed Medicare cuts. That's why a recent article is particularly interesting, as it details a Champaign nursing home's potential solution to raise revenue by instituting dialysis services within its facilities. As currently sits, dialysis patients at the Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Some Perspective on License Revoking
We've discussed, on a few occasions, the ongoing saga of the Joliet nursing home that is in the process of losing its license to operate as a long-term care facility after numerous investigations by the Department of Public Health of allegations of patient abuse. With this in mind, revoking a license sounds like (and is) a stern remedy, and many potential clients often wonder who makes this decision? What are the Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect — Illinois Nursing Home Staff Protests Own Facility for Treatment of Residents
One of the most common themes in nursing home abuse and neglect cases, as we've discussed, is the tragedies that unfold -- most of which are preventable -- when nursing homes are understaffed and the staff is undertrained or provided with inadequate resources. Most (if not all) of the time, these decisions as to how to allocate a nursing home's resources are profit-driven decisions that come down from the owners, Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — Were Patient Advocate Groups Left Out in the Cold in General Assembly Debates?
As an interesting article explains, many patients' rights advocate groups are up in arms after the General Assembly passed a measure to clarify a section of the landmark 2010 Nursing Home Care Act that now will require 10% of care in nursing homes to be provided by registered nurses (RN's). The debate that led to this measure sought to clarify portions of the 2010 Act that required increases in the amount of "nursing Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect — Federal Government Stepping Up Efforts to Reduce Antipsychotic Drug Administration in Nursing Homes
A recent article explained that the federal government is stepping up efforts to regulate the administration of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes across America. In conjunction, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has also announced a goal of reducing the overall use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes by 15% by the end of the year. Quite alarmingly, the article suggests that perhaps as many as Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect — International Study May Affect Fall Risk Prevention at Nursing Homes
Preventing dangerous and potentially fatal injuries that result from falls in nursing homes, quite simply, should be at the top of every nursing home's priority list. Unfortunately, nursing home residents are, in general, at a high risk for falls, be it from physical injuries, illness, or otherwise, and the consequences of what might seem like a simple fall to a person of normal health can have severe Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — A Cautionary Note on Pressure Sores
We recently discussed the important story from Colorado where a jury awarded $3.2 million dollars to the family of a man that died after a fist-sized bed sore on his back. Another story reporting on this case brings up an additional point on "bed sores" that truly underscores just how preventable they are. For patients assessed at high risk for skin breakdown, nursing homes generally have policies and procedures in Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Law — California Nursing Home Sued for Administering Anti-Psychotic Drugs without Patients’ Consent
Earlier this year, the AARP joined a very unique class action lawsuit against a nursing home in Ventura, California facing charges that it administered antipsychotic drugs to its residents without informed consent from the patients and/or their representatives . The lawsuit, which also targets a doctor, alleges, in part, that residents of the facility were administered a number of antipsychotic medications under a Read More
