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A recent Illinois nursing home negligence settlement<\/a> deals with a recurring issue in many Chicago nursing home abuse cases<\/a> – the development of pressure sores, also known as bed sores or decubitus ulcers. In Clapman v. Manorcare Health Services, Inc.<\/em>, the plaintiff brought a claim against an Illinois nursing home after she developed a large sacral pressure ulcer. The Illinois nursing home abuse case<\/a> settled for $650,000 prior to trial.<\/p>\n

In Clapman<\/em>, the plaintiff alleged that the nursing home failed to develop a plan of care to prevent the plaintiff from developing pressure ulcers<\/a>. Essentially, whenever a patient is recognized as being at risk for developing pressure sores, or any other type of skin breakdown, the medical providers have a responsibility to develop a plan, referred to as a plan of care, to try and prevent the at risk issue from occurring.<\/p>\n

While the nursing staff at Manorcare did develop a plan of care for the plaintiff, it failed to include any provisions to prevent the development of pressure sores. This lack of a prevention plan was the main issue in Clapman<\/em> and was what the plaintiff attributed her eventual osteomyelitis to.<\/p>\n

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