Finding out a loved one is suffering abuse in an Illinois long-term care facility is devastating. Not only do you work to remove your loved one from that situation but you also want to ensure others know what is happening. It can be quite sad to walk out the door with...
Having left your loved one in the care of a nursing home, you expect staff to treat them well. Unfortunately, this doesn't always happen. Some staff may even be neglectful. There is a difference between nursing home abuse and neglect. Unfortunately, signs of the...
Putting your loved one in an Illinois nursing home is a tough decision. You are leaving the care of this person who you love to strangers. Having trust in the system and in the ability of the nursing home to properly train and monitor its staff is often tough to do....
While people in Illinois may expect their elderly loved ones’ nursing homes to take precautions to prevent them from falling, falls occur all too often in long-term care facilities. Whether simply an unfortunate accident or the result of neglect on the part of the...
In Illinois, caring for elders should be priority. In older Americans, one in 10 suffers abuse every year, according to the National Council on Aging. Some of this abuse occurs inside a nursing home, where elder patients should expect safety. A study featured in the...
When a loved one stays in a nursing home in Illinois, you should be able to expect that he or she have the best possible care. Unfortunately, falls and injuries in nursing homes are still relatively common. Falls should always be preventable. Elderly adults are at a...
Halloween is a fun time for kids and adults in Illinois. While candy and costumes come to mind for most people when they think of this holiday, for law enforcement it is drinking and driving that comes to mind. That is because this holiday is one of the top ones for...
Arlington Heights residents like you depend on nursing homes to provide proper care for your loved ones as they grow older. Unfortunately, not every nursing home will offer the quality of care you deserve. At the Law Offices of Jeffrey E. Martin, LLC, we will discuss...
As a resident in Arlington Heights who has left your loved ones in the care of a nursing home facility, you expect them to be treated like family. But what if that isn’t the case? Here are some signs of abuse and neglect to look out for, as well as what...
More than 200,000 children visit the emergency room every year because of playground-related injuries, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These incidents usually occur at public parks or school playgrounds, and most often include...