In July of 2014, a study prepared by the minority staff of the Special Investigations Division of the House Government Reform Committee found that 30% of nursing homes in the United States – 5,283 to be exact – were cited for almost 9,000 instances of nursing home abuse and neglect over a two year period..

On January 9, 2015, two nurses pleaded guilty to abusing an elderly woman at Rosewood Care Center – an nursing home located in Saint Charles, Illinois. According to the criminal charges filed against the nurses, one nurse slapped an elderly woman in the face with a strap while the other nurse video recorded the entire.

The Law Offices Of Vincent C. Argento have filed a lawsuit against Southpoint Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC in Chicago, Illinois for violations of the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act. In short, the complaint alleges that an elderly female woman with advanced Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia was a resident of the facility from August of.

Argento Law Group, P.C. filed a lawsuit against Skokie Meadows Nursing Center on behalf of a widow whose husband died from septic shock during his residency at the facility. In short, the resident was an elderly gentleman with a diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. He was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection during his.