Illinois Nursing Home Death A Homicide?
Is the death of an 86 year-old Illinois nursing home resident a homicide? Illinois police are investigating.
The female resident was initially believed to have fallen at Maryhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Glenview, Illinois, but nursing home officials have admitted that a fellow resident was believed to have been involved. According to a nursing home spokesman, Brian Crawford, "Within the past couple of weeks, an unfortunate incident occurred in a private room". The incident was reportedly an attack on the elderly woman by another resident in a an area of the facility caring for dementia residents.
The elderly woman was moved to hospice care at St. Francis Hospital, where she died on July 14. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner, she died from heart disease and brain injuries related to the assault.
If this unfortunate event involved resident on resident assault, it joins the long list of such actions in nursing homes. Certainly, we cannot comment on the specifics of this case because details have yet to be released but far too often patients with violent pasts or mental problems are allowed to reside with the general population of vulnerable elderly adults. In those instances, many nursing home residents become easy targets for the perpetrators.
If you believe you loved one's health or safety is at risk by another nursing home resident, do not hesitate to ask facility staff members to move your family member to a safer area.
Glenview, Illinois police continue to investigate the incident.
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