Alleged Chicago Nursing Home Negligence Prompts Federal Authorities to Stop Giving Medicaid Funding to North Side Facility
Federal officials say that since Sunday, they are no longer providing Medicaid funding to the Wincrest Nursing Center. The decision comes after federal and state investigators documented incidents of patient violence, alcohol and drug abuse, and other serious issues. That these problems exist at an assisted living facility is Chicago nursing home neglect.
The North Side facility is an 80-bed nursing home that mainly houses mentally ill patients. It could chose to stay open while waiting for a new buyer or re-entrance to the Medicaid system, but because it gets nearly 99% percent of its revenue from the federal government, it will likely have to shut down. Despite the cessation of funding, Medicaid will still give the nursing home money for some patients until they are relocated or for up to 30 days.
Other problems that inspectors found at the Chicago nursing home:
• Patient wandering
• Inadequate nursing care
• One resident went into the neighborhood and traded sexual favors for drugs.
While Wincrest has addressed some of the issues over the last several months, it has yet to resolve certain key problems. For example, some patients are still not getting the proper psychiatric services that they need.
In addition to actions taken by state and federal officials against a nursing home guilty of negligent nursing care, patients and their families may decide to sue for Chicago nursing home neglect especially if the inadequate nursing care, poor living conditions, and lack of supervision or security causes injuries or deaths.
Feds yank funding from North Side nursing home, Chicago Tribune, March 18, 2011
Federal government announces cut of Medicaid funds to Chicago nursing home, WQAD, March 19, 2011
Related Web Resources:
Nursing Homes, Medicare.gov
More Blog Posts:
Following Incidents of Chicago Nursing Home Abuse and Patient Violence, Somerset Place to Close by Friday, Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog, March 11, 2010
Evanston, Illinois Nursing Home Company Ordered to Close Another Assisted Living Facility Because of Poor Patient Care, Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog, March 21, 2010
Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers: Chronic Nursing Home Neglect at Facility Forces Residents to Seek Other Housing, Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Blog, May 27, 2009

