New Illinois LTC Law Addresses Staffing Deficiencies

In June 2019, the Illinois State Legislature passed a bill to address nursing home staffing by vastly increasing funding for struggling long-term care facilities.  Under the law, the 2020 fiscal year budget increases nursing home providers’ budgets by $240 million to be shared equally by the State and Federal governments, with $70 million allocated to assist facilities to meet staffing requirements. Arguably, there is a direct correlation between staffing and incidents that may give rise to litigation.  Financial and staffing components often directly factor into …

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Sexual Assault in Nursing Homes

On December 29, 2018, a 29-year-old woman in a vegetative and uncommunicative state gave birth to a baby boy.  The woman had been in a vegetative state for at least a decade after a near-drowning incident which caused brain drainage.  She had been a longtime resident of a healthcare facility in Phoenix.  The employees of the nursing home only became aware that the resident was pregnant when she was found moaning and it was discovered that the resident was in active labor.  Several news reports …

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