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• Illinois officials scrambling to react to reports of dangerous felons preying on nursing home residents

  State lawmakers will hold hearings this month on ways to improve safety in Illinois nursing homes after outrage over the high number of felons with mental illness housed in the state's elder-care facilities. An investigation…

• Three employees leave Illinois nursing home after sexual assault investigation leads to fines

  Three employees of a LaSalle County, Illinois nursing home have resigned or been fired after an investigation determined the home failed to protect residents. The home faced two fines stemming from the sexual molestation of…

• Convicted felons in Illinois nursing home facilities lead to abuse of residents

  Background checks meant to protect Illinois nursing home residents from dangerous felons moving into a home often miss violent crimes, downplay the risk they pose to aging seniors and leave nursing home residents vulnerable to…

• Sexual abuse reported in Chicago-area nursing home

  The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued a report that found the LaSalle County Nursing home allowed a resident to sexually abuse 10 other residents. Chicago nursing home neglect and abuse lawyers at Abels…

• Illinois nursing home neglect and abuse lawyers monitor social networking's impact on elder-abuse cases

  Family members of nursing home neglect and abuse victims are seeking solace from one another through online social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter , YouTube and MySpace. The Illinois nursing home neglect and abuse lawyers…

• Woman accused of death in Chicago-area nursing home neglect case to face fewer charges

  A Bensenville nurse's assistant will face far less time in prison after prosecutor's dropped half the felony charges against her because of a legal technicality. The 24-year-old woman is accused of improper care at an…

• Chicago nursing home faces neglect lawsuit stemming from death of a resident in stairway fall

  A Chicago nursing home faces a lawsuit filed by a Harvard women who claims the home did not do enough to prevent her mother from dying from a fall. Jennifer Bowden of Harvard is suing…

• Chicago nursing home neglect and abuse lawyers monitoring impact of state budget on elder care in Illinois

  The Chicago nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers at Abels & Annes continue to monitor changes in elder care at the state level that could impact the welfare of your loved ones in Illinois nursing…

• Family sues Chicago Nursing home for abuse in sexual assault case

  The family of a 69-year-old woman has filed a nursing home abuse lawsuit, alledging a Chicago nursing home failed to protect her from being sexually assaulted by a 21-year-old mentally ill resident. The Chicago nursing…

• Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Nursing Home

  Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers have filed a sexual abuse lawsuit on behalf of a patient who was assaulted by a male nurse while in a coma, according to Fox News. The alleged abuse took place…