Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
Why nursing home cases matter to me
I remember when my grandmother requested to go to the nursing home for full time care. She was ready and willing to have people take care of her.
A few years later, my grandfather joined her, but with a completely different attitude towards full time care.
Whether or not your loved one wanted to go to a nursing home, there is often a feeling of guilt felt by family members for being unable to help more.
Placing a loved one in a nursing home is what is difficult but is always done to ensure the safety and well-being of your loved one.
That is why nursing home misconduct cases are important to me. I have been there. I know it is hard to place your loved one in someone else’s care. I know the trust it requires to do that. And to have that trust violated creates a prolonged feeling of guilt if a loved one suffers at the hands of those who are paid to help them.
Nursing Home abuse and neglect
In Illinois, there is a specific law that was created to protect some of most vulnerable individuals in our society; this law is known as the Nursing Home Care Act.
As a resident of a Nursing Home, residents are entitled to rights including the right to manage finances, the right to your own physical possessions, the right to participate in medical care and refuse medical treatment. Further, residents have rights to respect privacy in medical care.
Residents have the right to be free of physical or chemical restraints unless medically necessary and a right to not be given unnecessary drugs.
Residents have rights to private visits, to receive private communications, and right to speak with an attorney in private.
Residents have rights to present grievances, and the right to be discharged from the nursing home if the resident or the resident’s guardian provides written notice that the resident wants to leave.
If you believe you or someone you know may have had their rights infringed on, please feel free to contact my office for a consultation.
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