Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Elder Law Blogs -> Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense
Find a Local Lawyer
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402
Elder Law
: Illinois Nursing Home Abuse BlogNursing Home Law Discussed at Hearing
By Levin & Perconti
Legal experts explained that the mental health code which does not allow felons to be mixed with mentally ill people and seniors applies to nursing homes; however it seems to not be enforced. Currently, there are two separate sets of state laws regarding nursing homes and the mentally ill. These have caused confusion about how to treat individuals. For example, under state law, voluntary nursing home residents may leave whenever they want, yet if they are seriously mentally ill, the situation becomes more complicated. Illinois relies more heavily than any other state on nursing homes to house psychiatric patients. There are often time legal problems with placing the individuals in Illinois nursing homes. This news game at the fourth hearing held since the Chicago Tribune investigation that found nursing home abuse that went so far as death. The panel will submit a report concerning nursing home negligence by January 31, 2010. To learn more about the legal discrepancies, please click the link.
Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on November 24, 2009 (boomark / email).
Nursing Homes
Types of Retirement Facilities and Payment Options
House Closing
Sealing a home sale
Nursing Homes
Many state agencies have reported incidents of negligent care of nursing home residents resulting in death.
Senior Awarded $7.75 Million in Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit
Senior Awarded $7.75 Million in Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit
$11,000,000 Verdict Awarded in Nursing Home Wrongful Death Suit
$11,000,000 Verdict Awarded in Nursing Home Wrongful Death Suit
Skilled Health Care Faces $670 Million in Damages over Nursing Home Violations
Skilled Health Care Faces $670 Million in Damages over Nursing Home Violations
Nursing Home Abuse
New Data Made Public
Champaign County, IL
$19,000 settlement reached in troubled nursing home suit.

More on arbitration, the politics thereof
Nursing Home Residents' Rights & The Ombudsman Program
Los Angeles County Nursing Home's Negligence Penalized
Nursing Home Sexual Abuse Disturbing Trend in Tennessee, Neighboring States
Nursing Home Elder Abuse and Neglect









