Nursing Home Patient Battles MRSA Infection After Maggot Infestation
After dozens of maggots were removed from the ear of an Arlington Heights nursing home resident, the elderly woman is back in the hospital battling infections, the family's attorney says.
Three months after 57 maggots were removed from the ear of an Arlington Heights nursing home resident, 90-year-old Catherine McCann is once again back in the hospital, battling infections caused by the infestation, the family’s attorney said. “I hope she’s able to survive these infections,” attorney Henry Gruss said, “She’s a 90-year-old woman who suffers from dementia and now she has all these infections to overcome.” Suffering from severe Alzheimer’s disease, McCann lived at Lutheran Home for the Aged, 800 W. Oakton Street in Arlington Heights, for two years before the alleged infestation. Gruss, who filed the lawsuit against the Arlington Heights nursing home, said since the maggots were removed in mid-September, McCann has been in and …
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Joe
10:15 am on Monday, December 17, 2012
My father lived his final two years there. The care was decent enough,(although he ended up with some painful bed sores) but not worth the $8,500.00 a month he spent there. His assets were depleting rapidly, so they offered to lien his house, and be paid when we got it sold. The agreement was at no interest, which sounded too good to be true, but that was what they offered. The home was priced … more ›