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photo by Darrell Hoemann Ardith Orr recites the Pledge of Allegiance after devotions at the County Rehabilition and Care Center in Gifford on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011.

State officials overhaul nursing home care

Post author:Dan Patrella / For CU-CitizenAccess and Pam G. Dempsey
Post published:December 4, 2011
Post category:Elderly Watch Health Care Public Health

In July 2010, Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law two bills that introduced broad reforms for the state’s nursing homes. The laws strengthened the screening process to keep residents with histories of violent crimes separate from vulnerable, elderly residents; instituted tougher quality and staffing requirements; upped fines for violations; increased the number of state inspectors by nearly 50 percent; and added new requirements for quicker reporting of fraud, neglect and abuse, among other changes.

Eating Out: Do You Know How Your Favorite Restaurants Fare in Public Health Inspections? Focus Program Transcript September 13, 2011

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:September 16, 2011
Post category:Article Food Public Health

Do You Know How Your Favorite Restaurants Fare in Public Health Inspections? from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo. Editor's note: This broadcast came about…

Champaign County restaurants fail inspections but public never told

Post author:Dan Patrella / For CU-CitizenAccess and Jennifer Wheeler / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:September 9, 2011
Post category:Food Public Health

Geovanti’s Bar & Grill on Green Street failed its restaurant inspections five times from September 2008 through February of this year. But no one who eats there would ever know, unless they took the initiative to request copies of the popular Campustown restaurant’s inspection reports from the local health department.