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....
A Trusted Ally For The Injured
Month: November 2019
Did your loved one suffer head trauma in a nursing home fall?
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...
Further staff training may alleviate nursing home abuse
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...
Are facial injuries a sign of nursing home neglect?
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...