Nursing home safety: Illinois task force proposes sweeping
Nursing home safety: Illinois task force proposes sweeping reforms to end violence, abuse at troubled sites (Chicago Tribune)
Proposals also aim to improve treatment of nursing home residents with serious mental illnesses A panel appointed by Gov. Pat Quinn proposed on Thursday an array of sweeping reforms designed to end the chronic violence and abuse that plague some nursing homes, while fostering better treatment for people with serious mental illness living in those facilities.