Category: Nursing Home Abuse

Many nursing home residents across Illinois take daily medications to manage their health. These residents are put at risk of severe complications when they don’t get the medicines they need, are given the wrong dosage, or receive the wrong medication entirely. Research shows that medication errors in nursing homes are…

Elder abuse and neglect may be on the rise during the coronavirus pandemic, the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) warns. Many people are stressed and burned out during this time, which can make essential workers – such as nursing home staff – more likely to lash out against elderly…

CAROL STREAM, Ill. (January 21, 2020) – Officials are investigating three cases of Legionnaires’ disease — two of them fatal — at a retirement home in Carol Stream, Illinois. The DuPage County Health Department says two residents of the Covenant Living of Windsor Park retirement home have died “from a…