Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

• Nursing Homes Fined

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 13, 2006 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  The Illinois Department of Public Health recently reported two nursing homes that were fined for not properly monitoring patients. The violations were both Type A violations under the Nursing Home Care Act.At Sterling Pavilion a woman died from a head injury she sustained after a fall at the nursing home. At Coventry Village a 64 year old man was rushed to a hospital after going into septic...

• Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Filed On Behalf of Former NYC Cop

  Jamie G. Goldstein | October 26, 2006 2:44 PM | 3 CommentsChicago, IL

  The family of a former New York City police officer who died three years ago has filed a nursing home neglect lawsuit against Brooklyn's Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center.Abraham Ticknor lived at the nursing home from the time he suffered a stroke in the mid 1990s until his death in 2003.His daughter says that beginning in March 2003, the geriatric center did nothing to prevent massive bed...