124 with Arrest Warrants Found in Illinois Nursing Homes

September 22, 2010

  • September 22, 2010 at 2:27 am
    anon the mouse says:
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    80% were staff, of which 50% were nurses with known drug/alcohol dependence issues and the rest were administratorsand social workers.

  • September 23, 2010 at 8:49 am
    The Man says:
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    So much for pre-employment screening and background checks. They should arrest the owners and charge them with malicious stupidity. Hopefully, their liability carriers will jack their rates to reflect their poor managment.

  • September 23, 2010 at 10:14 am
    Worked there says:
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    Not all the blame goes to the Care facilities. Many of the residents are indigent or their families have shielded income so it is not eaten up by the care giving system (which they did not adequately budget, insure or otherwise prepare for). We want grandma to be well taken care of but are not willing to shrink our inheritance or pay the freight out of our current income for good quality care. Accordingly the Medicaid payment ends up being the total funds available for care – resulting in low paying jobs, attracting many “marginal” workers of last resort to watch over “loved ones” in the deathwatch warehouses we call nursing homes.

  • September 23, 2010 at 1:54 am
    dot_hemath says:
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    Sounds like it’s not just the staff we have to worry about, it might be grandma herself, or someone else’s grandma (or grandpa).

  • September 23, 2010 at 2:14 am
    Mr. Obvious says:
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    My parents ran nursing homes for 30 years before they retired. Unfortunately, nursing homes are way down the ladder for nursing careers. The best nurses end up in hospitals and dr’s offices, where they are paid better. Talk about adverse selection.

  • September 23, 2010 at 2:19 am
    Doctor J says:
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    …and taxation.. surprise, surprise

  • September 24, 2010 at 10:25 am
    Cindy says:
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    Taken at face value this is tragic enough, but, the real issue is that so many parts of the system are broken — and, as a society of human beings who supposedly care about human beings and their welfare, we can’t rely on the government to fix everything. The government can’t change a culture that has enabled these things. It takes a village couldn’t be more true in this case. Sharing knowledge and information with the public and “seeing what’s behind the curtain” will force lasting change. http://www.gunthersgrades.com.



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