Illinois Nursing Home Gets License Revoked
Recently, the Chicago Tribune reported that Illinois health authorities have moved to revoke the license of Evergreen Health Care Center in Evergreen Park, a southwest suburban nursing home. Evergreen Health Care is partly owned by state Senator Heather Steans, a prominent advocate of reform legislation to improve safety and care standards in Illinois nursing homes. The revocation of its license follows from repeated citations for patient neglect.
Evergreen Health Care was recently added to a federal watch list for nation's most troubled nursing homes. Previous inspections there yielded several safety breaches, such as failure to prevent maggots from infecting the scalp wound of an elderly skin cancer victim. South Shore Nursing & Rehabilitation Center was also recently added to the federal watch list due to safety violations. There are currently five Illinois facilities on the federal watch list.
Contact an Experienced Nursing Home Injury Attorney
The attorneys at the Pintas & Mullins Law Firm have extensive experience with nursing home abuse and neglect cases. If your loved one has suffered from abuse or neglect in a nursing home, contact us for a free no-obligation consultation to find out about your legal rights. You can also visit our website to learn more about nursing home abuse and neglect cases.