$400,000 Nursing Home Fall Settlement – Doing What Is Best For Our Clients, Not What Is Easiest For Us
This article discusses a nursing home negligence case that we handled not too long ago. To begin with, though our personal injury law firm has handled many nursing home negligence cases over the years, we don’t consider our law firm to be a nursing home negligence law firm. There are firms who do make that […]
Mishandled Staph Infection – Medical Malpractice or Nursing Home Negligence? Or Both? Or Neither?
We represented an 82-year-old man who was transferred from a Chicagoland hospital for skilled nursing care at a long term nursing care facility. There were two doctors at the facility caring for our client, an attending doctor and an infectious disease doctor who was managing our client’s antibiotic regimen. While at the hospital, our client […]
Guide to Ensuring Safety at Nursing Homes
Table of Contents When Should You or Your Loved One Move into a Nursing Home? Choosing the Best Nursing Home Questions to Ask When Choosing a Nursing Home Ensuring your Loved One is Happy, Healthy, and Safe in a Nursing Home Physical Health Mental Health Elder Abuse and Common Signs What Can You Do if […]
Illinois Nursing Home Complaints
Illinois nursing homes are frequent and continuing subjects of complaints. The State’s Department of Public Health maintains a 24 hour-a-day Nursing Home Hotline. It gets nearly 19,000 calls annually. Over the years, nursing homes have been responsible for neglect, abuse, and all manner of misconduct. Anyone with a loved one inside a nursing home should […]
Handling Trip and Fall Cases for the Elderly
We represented a woman in her 80s who tripped and fell on some construction equipment while shopping in a grocery store. She broke her shoulder requiring surgery and rehabilitation. Handling a personal injury case in Chicago for an elderly person is an entirely different ball game than handling a personal injury case for someone who […]
Overmedication of the Elderly: Restraint without Straps
Chemical restraint is the use of drugs to restrict the movement of a nursing home resident. In nursing homes all over the country, the elderly are being restrained from moving freely. Often there are legitimate reasons to restrain someone, such as if they pose a risk to the safety of themselves or others. However, physical […]
