DuPage County Nursing Home Accused of Neglecting Patients
Family members of patients staying at Westmont Nursing and Rehab Center, a DuPage County nursing home continue stepping forward with allegations of Illinois nursing home neglect. They are accusing the Westmont assisted living facility of neglecting to feed, clean, or attend to sick and elderly patients.
For example, according to CBS2Chicago.com, Patty Murphy says that when she has visited her mother at the nursing home in the past few months, her mom isn’t always waiting for her in “dry, clean” clothes. Another nursing home visitor, Gerry Norieko, says that when he visited his mother at the Westmont, Illinois assisted living facility a few weeks ago, she had bruises on her shoulders, legs, and arms that the staff has been unable to explain. Norieko says that one time, he even fed a nursing home resident who obviously needed help because no one else was assisting him.
Brenda Price, a former nurses’ aide at Westmont Nursing and Rehab Center who claims she was fired from the assisted living facility because she complained too much, says workers at the home treated patients roughly, made them take cold showers, and neglected to feed them.
Over the past year, the Illinois Department of Public Health has investigated 31 allegations against the DuPage County nursing home. 11 allegations involving poor quality care and one allegation of nursing home abuse were substantiated.
The Health Department is fining Westmont Nursing and Rehab Center $200/day until the violations it received citations for are remedied.
Not feeding or bathing a nursing home patient can lead to serious health issues for the resident. They can even lead to Chicago personal injury. Bedsores, bruises, malnutrition, dehydration, infections, deteriorating health, fall accidents, and wrongful death can result.
To decrease the chances that your loved one may become the victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, it is important that you find out about the assisted living facilities you are considering.
Suburban Nursing Home Faces Allegations Of Abuse, CBS2Chicago, October 27, 2009
Related Web Resources:
Suburban Nursing Home Faces Allegations Of Abuse, CBS2, October 27, 2009
Westmont Nursing And Rehab Center, US News & World Report
Related Web Resources:
Illinois Department of Public Health
If you suspect Illinois abuse or neglect, remove your loved one from the home as soon as possible and contact our Chicago nursing home neglect law firm immediately.
