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Article: Nursing homes in Illinois `bar' AIDS patients
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 2, 1988
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AIDS patients essentially have been barred from Illinois nursing
homes because of financial barriers and fear, according to a new
state-funded report.
The study found that there are no nursing home beds in Illinois
specifically for use by people with acquired immune deficiency
syndrome, although 75 such beds are currently needed, said Kirby
Holland, of First Health Care Ltd., a nursing home management firm
based in Dixon.
Holland said Thursday that some patients have been quietly
admitted to nursing homes under diagnoses other than AIDS.
He said the ...