Absolutely. If you perceive that your loved one is the victim of nursing home abuse or neglect, you can certainly take action and file a lawsuit on behalf of your family member. We help daughters, sons, granddaughters, grandsons, cousins, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers and spouses do this every day. How do we do it? We.

Pressure ulcers — often referred to as “bed sores” — are a common and frequent sign of nursing home abuse and neglect.  Pressure ulcers are ranked for level of severity in stages — Stage I being the least severe and Stage IV + being the most severe. Recently, wound care experts have criticized the current.

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In the State of Illinois, we have a law called the “Illinois Nursing Home Care Act” commonly referred to as the NHCA.  The NHCA sets forth minimum standards of care that nursing homes must abide by.  When a nursing home fails to maintain those minimum standards, or otherwise violates the NHCA — the nursing home.