Troubled Alden Village North To Close
If the State of Illinois has anything to say about it, a troubled Illinois nursing home will soon close its doors.
The Terry Law Firm discussed the problems at Alden Village North in a previous blog. Alden Village North, an Illinois nursing home caring for children and adults with severe developmental disabilities, has come under fire after a recent Chicago Tribune article revealed that at least 13 children and young adults have died at the facility since 2000, for which the facility was cited for neglect or failure to investigate suspected neglect.
One tragic example of the reported neglect was nine year old Jeremiah Clark. Ill, Jeremiah was sent home from school two days in a row, but no one at Alden called his doctor until the third day of his illness, mere hours before he died. His cause of death? Shock, infection, and a bowel obstruction.
Illinois state officials have notified Alden that they plan to revoke the facility's license, effectively closing the facility. Reportedly, according to an Alden spokesperson, the facility will appeal the closure and remain open. Currently, the facility is operating with a state-assigned monitoring team to ensure resident safety.
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, Alden Village North is owned by Floyd A. Schlossberg. Schlossberg, who has an ownership interest in at least 28 other nursing home facilities, is a former President of the Illinois Health Care Association (IHCA). Let's hope the Alden VIllage North model was not what he brought to the IHCA.
