Subject Index Nursing Homes

First Things First: Evaluating a Nursing Home Case

By Steven M. Levin & David H. Brinton
June
2000
Article
, Page 349
Pointers on deciding whether to pursue, refer, or reject a nursing home case.

Illinois Nursing Home Litigation 2000

By Stephen C. Buser
June
2000
Column
, Page 302
For years lawyers ignored clients who wanted to file suit against a nursing home.

An Overview of Illinois Nursing Home Litigation

By Stephen C. Buser & Harriet H. Hamilton
June
2000
Article
, Page 316
A practice-oriented review of Illinois and federal statutes and cases governing nursing home lawsuits.

Pressure-Sore Litigation: An Overview

By Paul W. Johnson & Veronica L. Armouti
June
2000
Article
, Page 336
An exploration of the legal and medical issues raised by pressure sores in the nursing home setting.

Siderail Use and Legal Liability in Illinois Nursing Homes

By June A. Braun & Elizabeth Capezuti
June
2000
Article
, Page 324
The authors argue that routine use of bed siderails is neither good for patients nor effective defensive medicine.

Nursing home’s reassignment of worker to different wing of nursing home to accommodate employee’s pregnancy restriction did not constitute voluntary undertaking for purposes of establishing a duty of care

December
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 636
On September 30, 1999, the fourth district of the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants, Walker Nursing Home, finding that the defendants owed plaintiff, Javette Brown (an employee of the nursing home).

The amendment to the Nursing Home Care Act that repeals the right to treble damages applies retroactively to pending cases.

June
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 304
On April 15, 1999, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court and trial court, and held that the amendment to the Nursing Home Care Act (``Act'') (210 ILCS 45/3-602 (West 1996)) should be applied retroactively to prohibit the recovery of treble damages from a licensee to a facility resident.

Investigations of Alleged Abuse or Neglect and Deaths in State-Operated and Community Agency Facilities

January
1999
Illinois Law Update
, Page 13
On October 19, 1998, the Department of Human Services adopted section 50 into its administrative rules. 59 Ill Adm Code 50.

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