Last week, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill that promises to improve care of nursing home patients throughout the state. Though many of the details need to be hammered out, the new legislation will hopefully eradicate many of the recurring problems patients face such as: violence, recurring episodes of neglect and inconsistent care. Among… Continue Reading
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Wait A While & Bad Nurses May Just Migrate To Your State To Care For Your Loved One
Posted in Medication Errors, Neglect, Nursing Home StaffLoopholes in a reciprocity program amongst 24 states that allows nurses from one state to transfer to another may be putting a tremendous number of nursing home and hospital patients at risk for receiving poor care– or perhaps more accurately downright dangerous care. A recent USA Today article "Bad nurses able to keep working in… Continue Reading
Should Criminal Background Checks Be Required At All Nursing Homes?
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesToday, the Village of North Aurora, IL will consider mandatory fingerprinting for criminal background checks for all residents of the North Aurora Care Center as well as other changes at the facility. Originally constructed in 1971 for the ‘care of old age", today the facility provides both daily living assistance and medical care for 103… Continue Reading