Are The New Illinois Laws Enough To Protect Seniors?
New laws targeted at protecting Illinois seniors were signed July 28th, 2012 by Governor Quinn. The laws were meant to increase awareness regarding the ongoing struggle to keep the elderly safe from...
View ArticleReporting Elder Abuse: It Is An Illinois Law
Keeping senior citizens safe from harm is everyone’s responsibility, especially the professionals who work with them on a daily basis. Elder abuse is a horrible crime and it happens way more than...
View ArticleThe Alden Network Nursing Homes
The Alden Network of nursing homes has been growing since the first one was opened in 1971. There are now 44 different care sites in the Chicago area and throughout Illinois and southern Wisconsin....
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Bad Business? Why A Nursing Home Lawyer May Want To Turn Away Cases.
Many people who hear I’m a lawyer think I’m always focused on one thing: suing whoever I can. As a lawyer who handles personal injury and nursing home negligence cases, I guess ‘suing’ or sort of goes...
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Nursing Homes Can Improve Care When Given Incentive (Forced) To Do So
Many nursing homes have horrendous track records when it comes to proper care of their residents. Most of these take their citations and criticisms in stride and only make the changes they need to keep...
View ArticleFamily Settles Bed Sore Lawsuit Against Chicago Nursing Home
I can’t imagine a more difficult decision than selecting a nursing home to care for loved one. While family and friends may visit when then can, the truth is that when a family member is placed under...
View ArticleRapid Deterioration Of Nursing Home Patient Highlights Poor Care At An...
As an attorney who spends a good amount of time evaluating nursing home negligence cases, I am frequently asked, ‘what makes a case good?” Obviously, we are referring to a litigation context where the...
View ArticleNursing Home Negligence: Man Has Leg Amputated Due To Infected Bed Sores
A nursing home negligence lawsuit was recently filed in Chicago’s Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of a disabled man who suffered the amputation of his leg following the development of bed sores...
View ArticleFatal Medication Overdose Results In Verdict Against Nursing Home
A mistake administering medication has cost a patient their life and cost an Illinois nursing home $273,607 following a wrongful death jury trial. The nursing home negligence lawsuit was initiated by...
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Medical Malpractice Cases Take Work & Time To Settle
Medical malpractice lawsuits are some of the most complex types of civil suits and can take years to get to the settlement stage, if they ever get to that point. There is a lot of work involved and...
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Shocking Example of Nursing Home Abuse Reported At Illinois Facility
Elder Abuse becomes rampant in American Nursing homes Elder abuse is reported in 1 of every 3 nursing homes surveyed in America. The incidence of this abuse has shot up exponentially in the last few...
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After Allegations Of Poor Care, Does Private Equity Have A Place In Nursing...
One of the worst trends in the nursing home industry is the fact that it is becoming increasingly ‘for profit’. With the federal and state government trying to save as much money as possible, many...
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New Law Allows Families To Make Complaints About Illinois Nursing Homes
According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, numerous elderly members of society suffer from physical, emotional, mental and verbal abuse every year. The NCEA posts statistics on elder abuse that...
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Chicago Nursing Home Lawyer Reminds Family Members to be Vigilant About Care...
After a lifetime of providing for the needs of their families, giving love and making sacrifice for those who they have cared about, our elderly really do deserve much better care than they have been...
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Illinois Nursing Homes Continue To Accumulate Fines For Providing Inferior Care
It seems like a broken record, but the problems with patient care in Illinois nursing homes persist. One need look only to the recently published listing of quarterly nursing home violations from the...
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Nursing Home Attorneys Witness The Fight Against Understaffed Nursing Homes...
A fierce battle has been waged in the Illinois legislature over the last two years over whether nursing homes should be required to maintain minimum staff levels. Senate bill 2840 addresses whether or...
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Alzheimer’s Patient’s Family Sues Caregivers
December 11, 2012—The family of a woman who was living in an assisted-care facility has filed a lawsuit against the home claiming that, among other things, the woman had maggots growing in her ear from...
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