Evanston, Illinois Nursing Home Company Ordered to Close Another Assisted Living Facility Because of Poor Patient Care
The owner of Extended Care Clinical, an Evanston-based nursing home company that owns assisted living facilities in Illinois (including in Lake County), Nebraska, Indiana, and Ohio, has been ordered to shut down its Northlake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following complaints of negligent nursing care that the facility allegedly failed to remedy. All the residents were supposed to be relocated by March 15th—although facility owner Eric Rothner had filed a complaint on March 10 seeking a delay.
Rothner is also the owner of Somerset Place, a Chicago nursing home that was also shut down because of poor nursing care. Chicago nursing home abuse, patient violence, and negligent care were some of the reasons that the 400-bed facility lost its license.
As of early January, there were still 12 residents still living at Northlake. The beleaguered assisted living facility has come under fire from residents and families that have filed nursing home neglect lawsuits and/or complaints, as well as from the state.
One patient, 51-year-old Mary Anne Jackson, reportedly left the assisted living facility in worse shape than when she entered it. Jackson, who had one skin ulcer when she was admitted to Northlake in 2008, reportedly ended up with so many bedsores that her behind disappeared, ligaments, bone, and muscle became visible, and her legs became stuck together. Doctors recommended that her legs be amputated but the family refused.
Another nursing home patient, James Ribovich, was diagnosed with a UTI, sepsis, and gangrene on his scrotum and penis. A wide excision of the gangrene had to be conducted. The 71-year-old died in 2006. His daughter has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging nursing home negligence.
Verbal and physical nursing home abuse also reportedly occurred at the faculty and at least eight residents did not receive the proper bedsore care that they needed. Poor nursing home management and inadequately trained nursing home workers at Northlake have also been cited as causes for concern by state inspectors and former employees.
Nursing home long troubled, Post-Tribune, March 14, 2010
Northlake closure could stall, Post-Tribune, March 10, 2010
Deadline set to close Chicago nursing home, Chicago Tribune, March 9, 2010
Related Web Resources:
Extended Care Clinical, LLC
Nursing Home Compare, Medicare.gov
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