Attorneys for Patients Mistreated at Tower Hill Healthcare Center

Many individuals placing a loved one in a nursing facility often think that the care they will receive will be provided by highly trained, skilled professionals. Unfortunately, many facilities are staffed with untrained professionals who are unable to provide even the most basic standards of care, especially to individuals that require assistance with their activities of daily living (ADLs).

Our team of dedicated nursing home abuse advocacy lawyers work to maintain the rights, dignity and respect of every Illinois nursing home resident. In addition, we post the most current publicly available information outlining safety concerns, complaints and investigations filed against nursing facilities, assisted-living homes and rehabilitation centers statewide. We hope this information can assist families facing the gut-wrenching decision of where to place a loved one who requires the highest levels of health and hygiene care.

Tower Hill Healthcare Center

Tower Hill Health Care Center is a 206-certified bed Medicare/Medicaid-participating nursing facility providing medical services and hygiene assistance to residents of South Elgin and Kane County, Illinois. The facility is located at:

759 Kane Street
South Elgin, IL 60177
(847) 697-3310

In addition to skilled nursing care, the facility also provides a variety of specialty programs including cardiac rehabilitation, infusion therapy, palliative and hospice care, diabetic management program, joint replacement program, occupational, speech and physical therapies, pain management and pulmonary rehabilitation.

Nursing Facility Resident Safety Concerns

Many families evaluate the efficiency of different nursing facilities in their community by using the national website portal www.Medicare.gov. The federal website uses a star rating system that can be used as an effective tool for deciding where to place a loved one who requires medical and hygiene care. Currently, Tower Hill Health Care Center maintains an overall three out of five stars rating as compared to other facilities nationwide. This includes two out of five stars for health inspections and staffing and five stars for quality measures.

The nursing home neglect attorneys at Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC have found numerous complaints and opened investigations on problems with negligence. Some of these findings include:

• Failure to Provide Minimal Standards of Care to Facility Residents:

In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 10/29/2015, a complaint investigation was opened against the facility for its failure “to provide assistance to residents dependent on staff for ADLs (Activities of Daily Living).” This is in response to separate incidents involving nine residents at the facility. In one incident, the resident “smelled strongly of urine which [the facility’s infection control nurse] verified was coming from [the resident]. [The resident] stated her incontinence brief and not been changed all night.”

In a separate incident, another resident “was lying tilted sideways to her right side and resting on her elbow while trying to eat breakfast and drinking juice. [The resident] smelled strongly of urine. [The resident] stated the CNA help was poor, they do not come when you request assistance, the CNA’s do not show the residents they care about the resident well-being, and the resident’s wet the bed before a CNA arrives when requesting assistance for toileting.”

• Failure to Provide an Environment Free of Accident Hazards:

In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 01/24/2014, a complaint investigation is opened against the facility for its failure to “transfer one resident according to policies and procedures and failed to provide specific safety measures for confuse resident with numerous falls.” As a result of one of these failures a resident “was transferred improperly and sustained a fracture to the right humerus.”

South Elgin, Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys

If you, or a loved one, have been mistreated, abused or neglected while residing at Tower Hill Health Care Center, or any other nursing facility in Illinois, Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers LLC can provide immediate legal advocacy on your behalf. Our experienced nursing home abuse case attorneys can take legal steps to hold those responsible for your harm financially accountable.

Call us today at (888) 424-5757 to schedule your free, full case review for financial compensation. We accept all nursing home mistreatment, neglect and abuse cases on contingency so no upfront fees are required.

https://ltc.dph.illinois.gov/webapp/LTCApp/listing.jsp?facilityid=6003263

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http://www.idph.state.il.us/ltc/docs/SurveyResult/6003263FIK12112014.PDF

http://www.idph.state.il.us/ltc/docs/SurveyResult/6003263FA10292015.PDF

http://www.idph.state.il.us/ltc/docs/SurveyResult/6003263FIAK01242014.PDF