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Catherine McCann had 57 maggots removed from her ear canal; her family is suing her former nursing home. (CBS)

2 Investigators: 57 Maggots Removed From Nursing Home Patient’s Ear

Imagine paying $10,000 a month for skilled nursing home care for your loved one only to have the unthinkable happen. CBS 2′s Pam Zekman reports.

2012/11/29

Chicago Fire Department responds to a car fire at 66 W. Oak St. Thursday. (Credit; John H. White/Sun-Times)

Car Fire At Gold Coast Nursing Home Garage

Multiple ambulances were called to a Gold Coast neighborhood nursing home Thursday morning when a car fire was accompanied by heavy smoke and triggered the building’s sprinkler system.

2012/11/15

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Man’s Family Sues Joliet Nursing Home After Assault By Other Patient

The family of a Joliet nursing home resident is suing the facility, alleging it failed to prevent the abuse of as many as two dozen patients.

CBS Chicago–2012/03/21

Anibal Calderon, 80, is believed to have been fatally beaten at an Oak Park nursing home. (courtesy: Calderon family)

Family Of Beaten Nursing Home Patient Retains Attorneys

Family members say they hope they’ll find justice and prevent another family from feeling the pain they’re experiencing now.

2012/02/20

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Report: Nursing Home Didn’t Report Fight That Later Led To Death

A published report says an Oak Park nursing home failed to report a fight between two residents that left an Alzheimer’s patient dead earlier this week.

CBS Chicago–2012/02/16

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Elderly Alzheimer’s Patient Beaten To Death At Nursing Home

An 80-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease was beaten to death at an Oak Park nursing home and police said Tuesday it appears another resident is to blame.

CBS Chicago–2012/02/14

Samuelstine McGrew, 61, went missing from a West Side nursing home on Aug. 24, 2011. (Credit: Chicago Police Department)

Police Search For Woman Missing From Nursing Home

Police were asking for help in locating a 61-year-old woman who went missing from a West Side nursing home on Wednesday.

CBS Chicago–2011/08/25

Lighting Bolt/Strike Generic (Photo credit: ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images)

Lightning Strike Prompts Evacuation Of Lombard Nursing Home

Lightning is suspected of causing a Saturday morning fire that forced more than 50 seniors to leave a nursing home in west suburban Lombard.

2011/08/21

Robert Phelan (Credit: Orland Park Police)

Man Charged With Sex Assualt Of Elderly Dementia Patient

A 56-year-old employee of a southwest suburban nursing home has been charged raping a 93-year-old resident of the facility who suffers from dementia, police said.

CBS Chicago–2011/07/26

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Nursing Home Resident Dies Falling During ‘Escape’

A 57-year-old nursing home resident died earlier this week from a fall after he apparently tried to sneak out of his Northwest Side facility using tied bedsheets.

2011/04/21

Worst Whooping Cough Epidemic In Decades Strikes California

Nurse: Boss Didn’t Try To Stop ‘Angel Of Death’

A nursing home supervisor repeatedly allowed an employee to give excessive doses of morphine to patients, including at least one who died of a morphine overdose.

WBBM Newsradio–2011/04/19

File photo of a walker. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Surprise Nursing Home Check Leads To Four Arrests

A statewide initiative that is aimed at protecting residents of nursing homes has lead to the arrest of four residents of a south suburban nursing home who had outstanding criminal warrants.

CBS Chicago–2011/04/19

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Officials: Nursing Home Fire Was Deliberately Set

Officials believe a fire in a West Side nursing home this morning was deliberately set.

CBS Chicago–2011/03/18

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Elderly Man Killed By SUV Outside Nursing Home

An elderly man was struck and killed by an SUV Tuesday night after apparently walking away from the nursing home where he lived in northwest suburban Mount Prospect.

2011/02/23

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Windows Shot Out In 3 St. Charles Buildings

Police are looking for the vandals who shot out the windows in three buildings in St. Charles this past weekend, including a nursing home.

CBS Chicago–2011/01/20

Alden Village North Nursing Home

13 Dead Since 2000 At Facility For Disabled

A new published report says 13 children and young adults have died at a Rogers Park facility for people with profound disabilities.

CBS Chicago–2010/10/08

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