Family sues Itasca nursing home after woman dies

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By WSBT News1

Story Created: Feb 12, 2009 at 8:21 AM EST

Story Updated: Feb 12, 2009 at 8:21 AM EST

ITASCA, Ill. (AP) — The family of an 89-year-old woman who was found dead in a snow bank outside the courtyard of the suburban Chicago nursing home where she lived has filed a lawsuit against the facility.

Sarah Wentworth's family alleges gross neglect in her death last week at The Arbor of Itasca (eye-TAS'-kuh).

Wentworth's daughters say she wasn't able to leave her bed without help and suffered from dementia. They want to know how their mother left without the staff noticing.

Louis Cairo, the family's attorney, says Wentworth was wearing just a hospital gown and had on an ankle bracelet that should've triggered an alarm.

The Arbor of Itasca says it's cooperating with the Illinois Department of Public Health and local authorities.

Itasca Police say a death investigation is under way.

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