{"id":321,"date":"2015-02-02T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagonursinghomelawyersblog.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2015-02-01T09:34:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T15:34:46","slug":"illinois-nursing-home-abuse-cases-confused-medical-malpractice-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/illinois-nursing-home-abuse-cases-confused-medical-malpractice-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Cases Should Not be Confused with Medical Malpractice Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the baby boom generation ages, the population of nursing homes is also expanding. Elderly Americans and Illinois residents who reside in nursing homes are likely the most vulnerable members of this aging society. Nursing home cases should not be confused with medical malpractice cases. A medical malpractice case typically concerns particular acts of negligence, such as a failed surgery or misdiagnosis. In contrast, nursing home cases do not involve a particular or discreet act of negligence. Rather, a nursing home abuse case in Illinois involves a pattern of sub-standard care, abuse or neglect.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a nursing home abuse case may involve bedsores. Bedsores can be wounds of the flesh that take form over many days, weeks or even months. A nursing home resident who is dehydrated or suffers from malnutrition would not be the result of a single wrongful act.<\/p>\n<p>Many nursing home cases arise from substandard care, abuse or neglect. Often nursing homes in Illinois operate without a single on-site treating physician; instead, they have only one who may make regular rounds. At the same time, most well-run nursing home facilities provide treatment by a resident physician, a nursing home administrator, a well-trained nursing staff, CNAs, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, wound care doctors, dieticians and other medical and nursing providers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/illinois-nursing-home-abuse-cases-confused-medical-malpractice-cases\/#more-321\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the baby boom generation ages, the population of nursing homes is also expanding. Elderly Americans and Illinois residents who reside in nursing homes are likely the most vulnerable members of this aging society. Nursing home cases should not be confused with medical malpractice cases. 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