While most people are spending their days bundled up to avoid the cold, some senior citizens may be walking outside in below-freezing temperatures because of confusion. In fact, over a three-day stretch, the cold has been blamed for several area deaths. According to Dr. Walter Hofman – the Montgomery County Coroner – an 84-year-old woman […]
[Photo Caption: A post-mortem investigation concluded that Joseph Shepter (above) died as a result of extreme neglect in a nursing home. (Photo Courtesy of the Shepter family)] At first glance, nothing about William Neff’s death seemed unusual. The 83-year-old WWII veteran had spent his final days in an assisted living facility in Bucks County, Pa. […]
An apparent nursing home suicide is under investigation at Heartland Nursing Home (a ManorCare facility) in Galesburg, IL. Using an oxygen tube and an electrical cord, the patient apparently fashioned a noose and hung himself from a bar on the ceiling which had been installed to help the man reposition himself— or did he? While […]
The fentanyl-overdose death of a central Illinois nursing home administrator really called into question the judgment of the owners of Timbercreek Rehab & Healthcare Center for me. Apparently, the owners of the Pekin, IL facility weren’t too concerned the fact that their administrator was on probation with the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation for ‘substance […]
Following a three week trial, jurors in Michigan awarded the family of a deceased nursing home patient $4.85 million. The nursing home negligence lawsuit alleged Mercy Memorial Nursing Center was negligent in administering morphine, a commonly prescribed pain medication, to a man who was admitted to the facility for physical therapy following a non-displaced hip […]
The pending criminal trial of Jill and Julie Barry will have an important impact on Illinois seniors as it will help define what constitutes ‘reasonable care’ when it comes to the home-care of elders. Currently, prosecutors in Illinois have few parameters when it comes to the definition of ‘elder abuse’ because Illinois courts have not […]
Investigators from the Itasca Police Department and the Illinois Department of Public Health are looking into the recent death of an Alzheimer’s resident in a Chicagoland nursing home. Sara Wentworth, an 89-year-old woman was found death a short distance from door at the The Arbor of Itasca. Nursing home records indicate that personnel had last […]
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