Federal Report: Illinois leads nation in nursing home abuse cases, while far too many still go unreported
According to a report released by the Department of Health & Human Services, an audit recently faulted the Medicare system for failing to enforce federal laws requiring immediate notification of possible sexual and physical abuse. In the report, Illinois had the largest number of incidents (at 17 overall) during the two year-span of the audit, from 2015-2016. Michigan followed with…Read More
Patricia Gifford discusses nursing home abuse with Fox News
A member of the [firm-name], team, Patricia Gifford, recently spoke with Fox News reporters in Illinois about family rights and new litigation regarding rights for patients in elder care facilities. The interview comes in light of recent news regarding the case of Channing Butler, who is accused of conspiring to record sexual assaults on patients at Brickford Living Memory Care in…Read More
Illinois to Allow Camera Monitoring in Nursing Homes
Illinois’ governor recently signed a new law that will allow for the installation of monitoring devices in nursing homes. This law comes at time in which families of nursing home residents have grown increasingly concerned about the activities that occur in long-term care facilities amid reports of nursing home abuse and neglect. The law is especially timely considering that nursing…Read More
Legislature passes bill to raise taxes to pay for nursing home facilities
State authorities have announced that a bill has been passed that will raise the taxes that is currently levied in nursing homes in order to bring in an estimated $145 million next year. After this money is brought in, the government health care funding will approve for that number to be matched nearly the same amount from what is collected…Read More
