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$56 Million Illinois Nursing Home Deal -- Money Never An Excuse for Poor Care 27 Aug 2013 | 04:14 am
On average, Illinois nursing homes have the worst resident to direct care worker ratio of any state in the country. Direct care workers are the individuals who provide most of the day to day support f...
IDPH Nursing Home Violator’s List: Bronzeville Park Nursing & Living Center 23 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
Several times a year the Illinois Department of Public Health releases a “Nursing Home Violator’s” list. As the name implies, this list uses state inspection information to share details about nursing...
Illinois Receive Failing Grade in New “Nursing Home Report Card” 21 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
A nationwide nursing home resident advocacy group, “Families for Better Care,” recently released a comprehensive “Nursing Home Report Card.” The study culls 2013 data in at least eight different crite...
A New Approach to Dementia Care 19 Aug 2013 | 05:57 pm
Several new reports have identified that, on the whole, the typical nursing home resident has more serious medical ailments now than ten to twenty years ago. Serious conditions like Alzheimer’s and de...
Nursing Home Kickback Case Settles for $5 Million 16 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
As nursing home resident advocates often point out, there is an inherent conflict between proper operation of these facilities and financial incentives for owners. Running the long-term care home to m...
$1.2 Billion Verdict in Nursing Home Case...Yes, “Billion” 14 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
Late last month a jury was asked to decide a nursing home neglect case related to a resident who died after falling well over a dozen times. As an apparent message of anger to the company which provid...
Nursing Homes As Dangerous Workspaces 12 Aug 2013 | 05:13 pm
Allsup recently shared the results of a workplace injury study that it conducted this month. Analyzing data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the firm compiled information on the scope of seri...
Illinois Nursing Home Resident Left at Truck Stop 8 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
Many local news outlets reported recently on a troubling story coming out of southern Illinois. The sad situation is a reminder of the egregious conduct of many nursing homes in caring for those who n...
Nursing Home Negligence: Overlooking “Minor” Areas, Like Dental Care 7 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Earlier this week we posted on the significant problem of poor dental care being provided to nursing home residents. Besides reminding local families about the importance of this particular issue, it ...
NYT Exposes Overlooked Problem: Dental Health in the Nursing Home 5 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
Last week the New York Times published an important article that delves into an issue that gets little to no attention: problematic dental care among nursing home residents. The article begins by shar...
