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The average user rating for nursing homes in La Grange Park, Illinois is 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 5 ratings.

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  • Grove of Lagrange Park, The La Grange Park, Illinois 60526

    One review I read started out "If you want your loved one to die without care in a snake pit , this is the place". I would have a tendency to agree with this assessment except not for the same reasons. My wife was diagnosed with lymphoma and was placed in this home because her body was so weak she lost the ability to walk. The grove was very good in getting her transported to UIC for her infusions and back again. We found the nurses, CNAs and techs to be at the very least adequate and in some cases better than that. So why do I start out with such an assessment? Because the uncaring did not come directly from the nursing staff but from the PCP. To illustrate this I am going to focus on the last four days of her life. When I got to the Grove on Monday, Dec 25th my wife could not speak above a whisper.. A speech therapist was brought in to see her that day and she was worried about her throat. When given a drink od water she sometimes cough. What worried the speech therapist was that the cough was not strong enough to expel anything that may have gone down the wrong pipe. The Wednesday after, the day the PCP was there, she could not talk at all. She gasp for breath when she tried and something weak and unintelligibly came out. We had to have her write down what she wanted to say. But the PCP was talking to another Dr or a nurse practitioner and then turned to me and said to me that he was prescribing over the counter throat lozenges. .I knew right off the bat this was not a sore throat. He seemed to be ignoring anything the speech therapist was telling him and ignoring all her medical history that he had at his fingertips and even the signs that he could observe. Like constant swelling of legs and ankles which can be indicative of a heart problem. At the very least it is always better to err on the side of caution than to spit into the wind. Would sending her to the ER saved her life? probably not But at the very least that may have determined to be terminal and we could have gotten her to hospice where family and friends could visit her one last time. Even that is speculation, but we will never know. I have never seen a doctor act with such carelessness and stupidity.

    I often have wondered what his reaction was when he was informed of my wife's death. Did he just shrug it off or did he say oops. the management or administrators at the Grove also showed a little uncaring attitude. For I have never received and contact from them whatsoever to express their sympathies or condolences for my loss.

    it is for these reasons that I can not recommend the grove in La Grange Park. At least not as long as that Doctor is practicing there

  • Grove of Lagrange Park, The La Grange Park, Illinois 60526

    Grove is so much nicer than what we experienced at The Scottish Home in North Riverside. Actually far better in comparison. That's why we got our parent out. We were very displeased with several staff members, especially the head nurse there. Grove is new fresh and not like your everyday nursing facility. Our choice after an unfavorable one at The Scottish Home is The Grove of LaGrange Park. Mom is much happier there also most importantly.