In order for positive change to be implemented at nursing homes, facilities must identify existing problems and create a plan to rectify them. In an ideal world, deficiencies would be nipped in the bud—before the lapses translate into real problems for patients. While I’m sure some issues are indeed identified and remedied preemptively, my experience… Continue Reading
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42 Illinois Nursing Homes Cited In 4th Quarter of 2009 For Violations Related To Patient Care
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesNormal 0 0 1 1324 7547 62 15 9268 11.518 0 0 0 I feel strongly about publicizing information related to poorly performing facilities. In Illinois, we are fortunate to have a department of health that does a great job documenting nursing home violations and publishing them on a quarterly basis. My hope is that… Continue Reading
Illinois Nursing Home Task Force Holds Public Meeting Today
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesToday, the Illinois Nursing Home Task Force will hold its second meeting regarding patient safety. The task force will hear testimony from: patients, elder care advocates and senior service providers with the goal of re-evaluating current nursing home policies, improving coordination between state agencies and to consider nursing home alternatives for people with special needs…. Continue Reading
New Website Provides A One-Stop-Shop For Families In Need Of Assistance Selecting A Nursing Home
Posted in Help For Residents & Families, Illinois Nursing HomesI’m all for any tools that can help families make important decisions relating to nursing home care. Too often I see families walking around with huge stacks of reports on nursing homes from various websites. Not only is the the cross-referencing of websites difficult, much of the information is not current. The best site I’ve… Continue Reading
Blacks Receive Inferior Care At Most Nursing Homes
Posted in Alden Nursing Homes, National Nursing Home IssuesA very informative, and frankly disheartening, investigative article on race in Chicago Nursing Homes was recently published in The Chicago Reporter. The article’s author, Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, concluded that black nursing home residents received inferior care compared to their counterparts in predominately white facilities– even when the facilities were owned by the same person. Lowenstein… Continue Reading
What Is It Like To Live In A 1-Starred Nursing Home?
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesWell, according to the investigative article by Sam Roe in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune– pretty miserable. Roe’s article details Berwyn Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home in the Chicago-area, that received one-star in every major category according to the Medicare rating system. The article demonstrates that although nursing homes must meet certain criteria set by the federal… Continue Reading
Resource For Nursing Home Residents: EveryBlock.com
Posted in Help For Residents & FamiliesIf you’ve never heard of EveryBlock.com, you may want to check it out to find out what is going on in your city. EveryBlock is a useful compilation of public records in: Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle and Washington, D.C. You can search by zip code or… Continue Reading
Chicago Nursing Homes Not Making The Grade
Posted in Illinois Nursing Homes21 Chicago Nursing Homes have received a ‘one star’ rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The facilities were selected for this dubious honor according to objective criteria: results from annual inspections, level of staffing at the nursing home and performance of 10 key quality measures related to patient care. The poorly rated Chicago Nursing Homes… Continue Reading
Nursing Homes In Chicago
Posted in Help For Residents & FamiliesLooking for a listing of nursing homes in Chicago? Looking for an address of a Chicago Nursing Home? Looking for a telephone number of a Chicago Nursing Home? Here is a list compiled by the City of Chicago. Check out the listing of Chicago Nursing Homes here.