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Article: Report: Many Chicago-area nursing homes fall short of federal standards

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Report: Many Chicago-area nursing homes fall short of federal standards zB1 By Nicole Ziegler Dizon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Four of five nursing homes in three Chicago-area counties failed to meet federal standards for care during recent inspections, sometimes letting patients suffer from bedsores and malnutrition, according to a report released Monday.

The report, commissioned by U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Bobby Rush and Rod Blagojevich, gives the Illinois Democrats ammunition for planned federal legislation to establish staffing requirements for nursing homes receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding.

"For many seniors, nursing homes are a kind of purgatory where they go before they die," ...

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