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Court: Nursing Homes Can Continue Stripping New Residents Of Their Right To Day In Court
Original Post In September, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new rule that would prevent most nursing homes and other long-term care facilities from using forced arbitration to strip new residents of their right to file lawsuits...
How to care for your aging parents from a distance
Concern about mom or dad’s health and well-being is top of mind for many baby boomers today. Worrisome signs of your parent’s frailty, progressive memory loss or the decline in health require more and more of your help and attention. But what if you live a good...
14 Ways to Help Seniors Avoid Isolation
Loneliness and social isolation have been clearly linked to poor health outcomes. “A Review of Social Isolation” by Nicholas R. Nicholson published in The Journal of Primary Prevention, observes how “social isolation has been demonstrated to lead to numerous...
Tell Nursing Homes to Stop Stealing Seniors’ Rights
Fine print buried in nursing home admissions contracts is depriving nursing home residents and their families of their constitutional rights. During the incredibly stressful nursing home admissions process, many nursing home corporations push residents and their...
Gov. Rauner Touts Bogus Survey
Gov. Rauner Touts Bogus Survey in His Ongoing Campaign Against Taxpaying Middle Class & Working Families U.S. Chamber Got What it Paid For: A Biased Study Designed to Reach a Foregone Conclusion Statement by Perry J. Browder President, Illinois Trial Lawyers...
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SEE POOR CARE
If you think your loved one is not getting the care he deserves or is being neglected or abused, call the Illinois Department of Public Health Nursing Home Hotline at (800) 252-4343. You will speak with a representative who will take down your complaint. The...
ARBITRATION PROVISIONS IN NURSING HOME CONTRACT
When you place a loved one in a nursing home, you usually have to sign a contract. Most of these contracts contain Arbitration Provisions. These require that arbitration of any complaint you have regarding care given to the loved one, including neglect and abuse. ...
New bill makes it easier to obtain nursing home records
Governor Quinn has signed a bill that will make it easier for families to obtain records of deceased loved ones, including nursing home records. In the past, the family usually had to open an estate in order to obtain these records. This was costly and time consuming....
How to Choose the Best Nursing Home
Deciding to put a loved one in a nursing home can be a very difficult decision, but once that decision is made, the question becomes which home to choose. There are many questions going through the family’s head when it decides on which home would be the best for your...
Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Homes
According to the Nursing Home Care Act, a resident has the right to a jury trial. However, if the nursing home has an arbitration agreement in their contract, that may trump this right. The Supreme Court of Illinois found in Carter v. SSC Odin Operating Company, LLC...