{"id":37,"date":"2009-10-07T09:01:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T15:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagonursinghomelawyersblog.com\/2009\/10\/07\/illinois_nursing_homes_housing_1\/"},"modified":"2013-05-06T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T15:55:00","slug":"illinois_nursing_homes_housing_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/illinois_nursing_homes_housing_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Nursing Homes Housing The Mentally Ill And Felons Threaten The Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like nursing homes nationwide, nursing homes in Illinois are not devoid of elder abuse<\/a>. However, a recent series of articles published by the Chicago Tribune <\/a>has highlighted a growing trend among Illinois nursing homes that admit dangerous residents. According to the articles, Illinois nursing home residents are increasingly found to be either psychiatric patients, or to have criminal backgrounds.
\nWhile local Illinois nursing homes are assuring residents that those residents with psychiatric or criminal histories are segregated from those residents who are elderly, infirm, or ill, this does not always prevent the nursing home residents from coming to harm. There have been reports of elderly residents being attacked, injured, or raped by some of the mentally ill residents or those who are convicted felons.
\nIn addition, the methods used to identify residents with a criminal history tend to be faulty. Not only do the background checks not catch all types of crimes, but some were not done until several weeks to a year after the former criminals were placed in the nursing home. Without proper information about an ex-convict’s history the nursing homes cannot make adequate assessments of their risk to other residents. The result is that many of the dangerous residents are identified as being less of a risk then they really are.<\/p>\n

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Like nursing homes nationwide, nursing homes in Illinois are not devoid of elder abuse. However, a recent series of articles published by the Chicago Tribune has highlighted a growing trend among Illinois nursing homes that admit dangerous residents. 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