Lake Zurich Nursing Home is Defendant of Illinois Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit
In Cook County Circuit Court, an Illinois nursing home lawsuit filed on behalf of former nursing home resident Edna Kneidek is suing the Lexington Health Care Center of Lake Zurich for nursing home negligence. The 83-year-old woman fractured her hip while living at the long-term care facility and her injury left her with permanent immobility.
Kneidek moved into the Lake County nursing home on December 29, 2006. She was suffering from dementia. According to her Chicago nursing home neglect lawyer, the nursing home determined that the elderly resident was at risk for fall accidents. Yet from February through August 2007, Kneidek fell five times while at the long-term care facility.
In one fall accident, she shattered her left hip and had to undergo extensive hip repair surgery. She also had pneumonia.
Her Chicago nursing home neglect attorney says that the Lake Zurich nursing home not only failed to properly evaluate the elderly woman’s risk for falls or protect her from fall accidents, but they were delayed in their response to her complaints that she was in pain.
Hip Fractures and the Elderly
One of the most common causes of a fractured hip is fall accidents. A hip fracture is an injury that will nearly always require hospitalization and surgery. According to the Encyclopedia on the KOMOTV.com Web site, it is the second common reason that patients are admitted to US nursing homes (about 60,000-related admissions annually).
One reason elderly people are prone to hip fractures is that their bones are more fragile, with many patients suffering from osteoporosis. Not only is a hip facture extreme painful, but it can lead to other complications, including agitation, confusion, depression, the inability to be able to walk properly again, bedsores, and a loss of independence.
Nursing home sued over alleged negligence, Lake County, News-Sun, March 10, 2009
Hip Fracture, KomoTV.com
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Lexington Health Care Center of Lake Zurich
