Elder Law

Chicago Nursing Home Lawyers Settle Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit

By Levin & Perconti

The Chicago nursing home lawyers at Levin & Perconti have helped victims of nursing home abuse in their settlement against the Mercy Health Care Rehabilitation Center. The Chicago injury lawyers helped to secure a $690,000 settlement for the victims in March of 2010. The nursing home lawsuit was brought on behalf of an 87-year-old victim.

The victim was initially admitted to the nursing home after suffering a stroke that caused her some left-sided weakness. When she entered the nursing home it was obvious that she required supervision and needed assistance with activities. She was known to be a fall risk. However, despite the nursing home?s knowledge of her fall risk, they allowed her to fall. She suffered a right femur fracture which was treated with a brace. While still in the nursing home?s care, she suffered a skin breakdown from the brace rubbing against her leg. This breakdown still went untreated by the nursing home staff and the victim developed Osteomyelitis. The combination of the fracture and the infection contributed to the victim?s death seven months later, according to the victim.

The nursing home negligence complaint alleged that the defendant nursing home failed to appropriately develop, implement or revise a care plan to address the decedent?s fall risk and failed to ensure that the decedent received proper supervision to prevent falls. It also stated that after her fall, the nursing home failed to provide preventative measures to avoid the development of skin breakdown, and failed to provide the necessary treatment and services to promote the healing of the decedent?s skin breakdown. If you believe that a nursing home is not addressing your loved one?s risk for falls, please tell the nursing home that they must be closely monitored. If your loved one endures a fall, consult a Chicago nursing home lawyer.

Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).