Posts tagged as nursing home violations

Posted on July 2, 2008 in Blog by MeganNo Comments »

Bond was set at $500,000 Sunday for a West Side man accused of beating his nursing home roommate to death with a clock radio.
Fifty-year old Solomon Owasanoye was charged with first-degree murder on Saturday for the death of seventy-eight-year-old Ivory Jackson.  After being in a coma since May 30th, Jackson sadly passed away June [...]

Posted on February 29, 2008 in Blog by adminNo Comments »

At Blossom South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 92-year-old Ruby Myers, who had been a resident since 2005, had her leg amputated in December due to neglect by the caretakers.  When Ruby had fallen out of her bed in September, she fractured her right leg above and below her knee cap.  Because the staff didn’t treat [...]