Illinois Nursing Home Neglect: Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeks Damages for Woman’s Fatal Fall from 21 Defendants
James Niles is suing 21 defendants for her mother’s Illinois wrongful death following a fall accident in 2006. Neida Niles was 66.
She fractured her hip in April 2007 when she fell while undergoing routine kidney dialysis at the Jacksonville Dialysis Center. She was then admitted to Passavant Area Hospital for treatment of her fractured hip, pressure ulcers, and a skin infection.
Neida passed away at a Springfield, Illinois hospital on August 31, 2007. Now, Niles is claiming that his mother’s death could have been prevented.
In his Illinois wrongful death lawsuit, he is accusing Passavant and Prairie Village Healthcare Center, his mother’s nursing home, of failing to prevent and treat her pressure sores and the breakdown of her skin. He also claims that they did not properly treat her wounds or perform daily skin treatments to prevent infection.
He also contends that Gambro Healthcare, Prairie Village, and Jacksonville Dialysis failed to properly assess his mother’s fall risk status and whether additional safety precautions needed to be implemented for her. He is accusing the assisted living facility of providing inadequate nursing care and inadequate staffing.
Niles filed his complaint under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act, the Illinois Wrongful Death Act, and the Illinois Survival Act. Other defendants named include Care Plus Management, Care Plus Rehabilitative Services, the owners of Care Plus and Prairie Village, and several Prairie Village employees, including 10 of its nurses. He is seeking unspecified damages for himself and his two siblings.
Chicago Nursing Home Neglect
Assisted living facilities are responsible for making sure that patients do not develop bedsores. Or, if they do, that they are treated immediately and correctly so that their condition does not grow worse. Infected bedsores and skin conditions can lead to serious health complications and even death. Failure to properly treat bedsores may be considered Chicago nursing home neglect.
21 named in 2007 death suit, My Journal Courier, July 14, 2010
Related Web Resources:
Nursing Homes in Illinois, Illinois Department of Public Health
What are Bed Sores?, Disabled World
