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A recent Illinois nursing home negligence<\/a> settlement highlights one of the biggest problems plaguing nursing home residents – inadequate skin care. Many nursing home residents are bedridden and require careful monitoring and stringent skin care plans in order to avoid developing skin ulcers, which if untreated can lead to infection or even death.
\nThis case involved an Illinois nursing home resident at Provena Senior Services Nursing Home in Kane County, Illinois. In this Illinois nursing home abuse lawsuit<\/a>, the nursing home resident was a diabetic patient, which left him even more at risk for potential skin breakdown if inadequate nursing care was provided. A diabetic patient is also more at risk for having a poor outcome if skin ulcers develop, which is also shown in this case where the skin ulcer worsened to the point that the nursing home resident required a below the knee amputation.
\nThe Illinois nursing home negligence lawsuit<\/a> alleged that the nursing staff had failed to maintain adequate skin care, which resulted in the development of a skin ulcer. However, the defendant nursing home denied that it had caused the skin ulcer to develop.<\/p>\n

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A recent Illinois nursing home negligence settlement highlights one of the biggest problems plaguing nursing home residents – inadequate skin care. Many nursing home residents are bedridden and require careful monitoring and stringent skin care plans in order to avoid developing skin ulcers, which if untreated can lead to infection or even death. 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