Chicago Reporter Says Cook County Nursing Home is Defendant in Three Times as Many Lawsuits as 50% of Chicago’s Nursing Homes
According to the Chicago Reporter, the Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center has the worst rating that a US nursing home can receive for quality of care and is the defendant in three times as many lawsuits as half of the 91 nursing homes in Chicago. The Alden Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, located in the South Side, was in the headlines recently when an 84-year-old resident died after falling four stories. Now, the Chicago lawyer for Bennie Saxon’s family is alleging Chicago nursing home neglect.
If Saxon’s family files a Chicago nursing home neglect lawsuit against the South Side long-term facility, this would be the 14th one filed against the nursing home since 2004. The median for nursing home neglect lawsuits directed at a home is usually four complaints.
The Greater Grand Crossing long-term care facility is owned by Floyd Schlossberg. The Chicago Reporter says that they noted racial disparities in the type of care that residents at a Schlossberg-owned Illinois nursing home receive:
• Nursing Home Compare awarded his Illinois predominantly black facilities the lowest possibly rating.
• Residents at his primarily African-American facilities don't get as much time with nursing home workers as patients living in the predominantly white facilities.
When examining nursing homes throughout Chicago, the Chicago Reporter noted that the difference between the care provide at predominantly white nursing homes and black ones was even greater if Medicaid funds at least 75% of the patient care.
All Chicago nursing home residents are entitled to the proper care—regardless of race or whether or not their stay at a nursing home is funded by the federal government. Any nursing care that is less than the proper care that a nursing home patient needs can be grounds for a nursing home neglect lawsuit if the patient’s condition deteriorates or he or she sustains injuries or dies.
Disparate Nursing Home Care, The Chicago Reporter
Floyd A. Schlossberg, Alden Health Care and Senior Living
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