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Recent Posts from Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog

• Appellate Court Recognizes New Cause of Action for Civil Rights Violations at Nursing Home

  The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments give residents of county-run nursing homes the right to bring civil rights claims under Section 1983 to challenge the…

• NCCNHR Examines the Role of Nurses in Nursing Home “Culture Change”

  The National Citizen’s Coalition for Nursing Home Reform has joined with Geriatric Nursing Centers in order to develop quality care for Nursing Homes. The important and complex role of nursing in culture change is examined…

• Nursing Home is Cited after Resident wasn’t Helped after Fall

  A nursing home that caters to those with Alzheimer’s disease has been cited for the second time in five months for endangering the lives of residents by failing to property care for them. The nursing…

• Nurse’s Assistant Pleads Guilty to Abusing Patient

  A nurse’s assistant admitted Friday she abused a patient in her care at a nursing home. The woman pled guilty to one count of misdemeanor abuse of a vulnerable adult. The nursing assistant had physically…

• Expose shows that Quality of Care in Black Seniors’ Nursing Home is Drastically Behind that of White Seniors

  While Cynthia and Earl Wade look through a photo album, they remember their mother who was rushed to an emergency room less than 10 days into her stay at the International Nursing and Rehab Center.…

• New Requirements Look to Improve Quality of Life for Nursing Home Residents

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released a new set of requirements that focus on improving the quality of life for nursing home residents. According to the CMS Acting Administrator Charlene Frizzera, “The…

• Chicago Nursing Home Attorney Steven Levin and Clients Discussed in Nursing Home Negligence Feature

  Chicago personal injury lawyer Steve Levin of Levin & Perconti was featured in a Chicago Reporter article that highlights the differences in care received in black seniors’ homes when compared to white seniors. Attorney Levin…

• Families in Elder Abuse Case Use Networks to Cope

  The families of alleged elder abuse victims are reaching out on social networking websites to spread the message of reform in long-term care facilities across the country. The families, who have formed under a group…

• Westshire Nursing & Rehab Center

  Westshire Nursing & Rehab Center in Cicero, Illinois has received a Type “A” Violation and a fine of $35,000 after inspectors found that the nursing home did not prevent pressure sores. Additionally, an inspector found…

• Man Imprisoned for Sexually Assaulting Patients

  A man who was once entrusted with the care of the elderly is now behind bars after being accused of sexually assaulting three female patients at an assisted living facility. The man is charged with…

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