Please come forward and speak the truth !

I am calling for those who have had a love one injured or killed by ManorCare to come forward speak out against this place before they claim another life! I am asking those of you who worked for Manorcare any of you who witnessed the neglect patients suffered to come forward because I know you are out there and I know if we all pull together we have a chance to shut down this company and it's facilities ! No one deserves to suffer the way these poor patients do and the way my uncle did. My Uncle is their latest victim he DIED as a result of the neglect he suffered. He did not die quickly and painlessly he suffered terribly and I know there are others out there who have a loved one who suffered the same fate as my uncle. We can prevent this from happening to someone else if we speak out PLEASE DO NOT LET ANOTHER PERSON DIE !



R.I.P. Harry " Peewee" Blizzard age 62
Born 01-24-1951
Died 10-20-2013 

You will be missed and never forgotten 

Resources other then my word to back up what I have said about HRCMANORCARE

CHICAGO, September 27, 2011 – Chicago nursing home attorneys with Levin & Perconti 

announced two large nursing home negligence settlements with ManorCare Health Services - 

South Holland (2145 East 170th Street South Holland, IL). The first settlement for $1 million 

was approved earlier this month. The second settlement was approved last week for $750,000. 

Steven M. Levin, Margaret P. Battersby Black, and Tina Dave represented the victims’ families in 

the settlements. 

“In both cases, our elderly clients developed terrible pressure sores because staff at the facility 

failed to provide adequate care,” said Steve Levin. “This negligence caused our clients’ 

conditions to deteriorate and forced them to endure significant pain in their final years.” 

“The victims’ families filed lawsuits to draw attention to the problems at ManorCare South 

Holland, with the hopes of preventing this from happening to future residents,” said Levin. “Our 

clients’ cases illustrate that there were serious systemic issues at the facility.” 

“During our investigation, a former wound care nurse testified that during the time of our 

client’s admission, the facility was understaffed and unable to provide adequate care to 

residents. If staff complained or raised concerns with the Illinois Department of Public Health, 

they were reprimanded by their superiors,” noted Levin. “Due to insufficient staffing, the 

nursing staff could not deliver proper care to residents. The wound care nurse testified to 

witnessing many residents lying in their own urine or feces, and residents with pressure sores 

not being turned or repositioned.” 

The $1 million nursing home neglect settlement was obtained by the family of an 80-year-old 

resident who entered the facility on January 2, 2007. During her five month stay, she developed 

multiple infected stage IV bed sores which contributed to cause her death on December 31, 

2008, nearly two years after she was first admitted to the facility. The victim’s family filed a 

lawsuit in November 2008 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, alleging that in addition to failing 

to prevent or properly treat the decedent’s bed sores, the staff caring for her engaged in false 

charting, drug abuse and negligent hiring. 

The $750,000 settlement was reached for the family of an 82-year-old woman who resided at 

ManorCare at South Holland for six weeks in the fall of 2007. She entered the nursing home for 

rehabilitation purposes and was expected to return home. However, during her admission, she 

developed a deep bed sore that required surgery and took over two years to heal. She also Levin & Perconti Page Two

became malnourished and immobile. After six weeks, the victim’s family moved her out of the 

facility, but she was unable to ever fully recover from her injuries caused by neglect at the South 

Holland facility. Her family filed the lawsuit in March 2009 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, 

alleging that the victim’s rapid deterioration was a result of the insufficient care and treatment 

rendered by ManorCare staff. 

REF: http://www.levinperconti.com/docs/manorcare_south_holland_neglect_settlements  http://www.levinperconti.com/docs/manorcare_south_holland_neglect_settlements

Other resources for information:

 REF: http://www.millerandzois.com/Manor-Care-Lawyer-Lawsuit.htmlhttp://www.millerandzois.com/Manor-Care-Lawyer-Lawsuit.html

   REF: hhttp://decubitusulcervictims.com/suing-manor-care-lawsuit

Let me tell you his story

Feeding tube because he was malnourished 

Harry Blizzard is a sixty-two year old man who has had a hard life from the beginning. He is not perfect but then again who is right he was a homeless man that lived on the streets until he had a stroke four years ago which left him partially paralyzed  on one side and with slight case of dementia . He was placed in a nursing home called Manor Care to receive after hospital care when the nursing home said they could not reach his family members (which was a lie) he became a ward of the state and they were now responsible for his well being after a time he was sent to another Manor Care Facility this one in Towson Maryland it was Manor Care Ruxton where he was placed in a locked unit so he could not leave after a few years he became less mobile and was moved to a normal floor where he then was neglected. This man is my Uncle and I had searched for him for fifteen years and saw him for the first time on September 7, 2013  and it was one of the happiest days in my life. I did not realize how sick he was because I had not seen him in years, if I had known I would have been all over them to move him right then and there to the hospital while there I asked about how he was doing and they said oh he is fine and that there was nothing really wrong with him they insisted that he had been up and walking three weeks before I saw him. On September 17 I get a phone call that my uncle had a skin tear on his right clavicle and that he was not feeling well later that same day they called and told me the doctor ordered test to see if anything was going on and I heard nothing else. At nine-thirty that night I get a phone call from the hospital my uncle had been admitted and he was in bad shape and I needed to come down because he might not make it. I talk to the doctors and learn not only was my uncle sick he was deathly ill but not because he had the flu or a cold, or because he was having ill side effects from his other health problems but because he had an infection sepsis to be exact, he was dehydrated and had sores on his body. One of the sores happen to be the outline of a bedpan on his bottom. These people left this poor man on a bedpan possibly for days how cruel can you get. After more in-depth conversations with multiple doctors it was explained to me that he had been severely neglected he was malnourished and he was also in multiple organ failure. This is when I also learned his heart was damaged to the point that resuscitation should not be an option because people as bad off as him rarely recover. Today he is in Gilchrist Hospice Center.

I believe that something needs to be done to end things like this from happening to other people who are unable to speak for themselves and I believe my uncle Harry Blizzard deserves justice for what was done to him when he was unable to care for his-self. If you agree with me then speak up and let anyone who will listen know that this is unacceptable and will not be stood for Thank you for reading this and please pass it on.