Nursing Home Negligence Allegations Leads to $1,450 Fine
The Devon Gables nursing home has agreed to pay $1,450 for a number of nursing home violations, including:
• Failing to contact a doctor immediately over a patient’s red skin. The condition became an infected pressure wound and the resident required hospitalization.
• Administering a drug to a resident who was allergic to narcotics.
• Failing to come up with a post-discharge plan for a nursing home resident that was let go from the nursing home and placed in an unsanitary and inappropriate living situation.
• Failing to report an incident of nursing home abuse to the state.
• Failing to properly document before and after assessments for patients diagnosed with end-stage renal disease. These residents later had to undergo dialysis.
At least three nursing home neglect lawsuits have been filed against Devon Gables. Two of the complaints are accusing the nursing home of wrongful death.
Illinois Nursing Homes
It is the job of the Illinois Department of Public Health to make sure that nursing homes are in full compliance with mandatory state regulations. The IDPH makes about 1,300 nursing home inspections each year and addresses about 6,000 complaints. Illinois nursing homes are inspected an average of once a year. The IDPH will cite an Illinois nursing home for deficiencies.
Deficiencies that cause serious injury or death must be remedied by the long-term care facility, and the facility can be held accountable in civil court if a nursing home resident suffered as a result.
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Who Regulates Nursing Homes?, IDPH
Related Web Resources:
Illinois Nursing Home Watch List, Member of the Family
If one of these deficiencies led to your loved one getting hurt, sick, or dying at a long-term care facility, contact Chicago nursing home neglect lawyer Steve Malman.
