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New Illinois Nursing Home Report Expected in January

By Levin & Perconti

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Authorities saw mentally ill residents in Chicago nursing homes crowded three and four to a room, observed residents wandering hallways and saw very little therapy. This prompted member of an Illinois task force to turn away surprised and dismayed. It was especially true when it came to homes that housed the mentally ill. The Illinois task force was formed in response to a series of assaults in nursing homes. Under federal law, nursing homes are barred from admitting a mentally ill patient unless the state has determined the person needs the high level of care a nursing home can provide. The nursing homes should not admit mentally ill patients if their primary diagnosis is mental illness, however many admit patients passed on other complications. Currently, nursing home residents have been hurt by younger, stronger mentally ill patients. This high amount of elder abuse has led to many nursing home reports examining how violent convicted felons living in nursing homes put frail elderly residents at risk. To read more about the nursing home report, please click the link.

Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on January 04, 2010 (boomark / email).