Family Sues for Tragic Nursing Home Abuse Related Death

Another horrible nursing home story surfaced in the news this week, this time surrounding a hospital in Illinois. The family of a former resident of the Maple Ridge Care Centre is suing over the alleged abuse that led to the premature death of the 63-year-old victim.

Their suit states that the nursing home abuse included the failure to properly take care of the patient, delaying action on symptoms that had arisen. It was 16 hours later when the medical problem was diagnosed; however, this delay led to the amputation of her left leg and then to a deep-vein thrombosis that killed her.

While this case is tragic it isn't the first time that Maple Ridge has had complaints filed against their facility. The state had already fined them for the death of a 32-year-old resident and spina bifida sufferer, earlier that year when staff members failed to revive her with a cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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