Watchdog to investigate deaths of disabled children
Turning up the heat on a troubled Chicago facility for children with disabilities, a watchdog group said Tuesday it will investigate numerous deaths that have occurred at the home in...
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Watchdog to investigate deaths of disabled children
Turning up the heat on a troubled Chicago facility for children with disabilities, a watchdog group said Tuesday it will investigate numerous deaths that have occurred at the home in...
Advocates for disabled kids protest at care facility’s corporate offices
Carrying faux coffins and chanting slogans, advocates for children with severe disabilities rallied Friday at the corporate offices of a Chicago care facility where more than a dozen kids and...
Advocates urge tougher rules for nursing facilities for disabled
Leading advocacy groups Monday urged state officials to take aggressive action to prevent the deaths of children with severe disabilities in nursing facilities. Among the proposals: raising fines and sending...
Advocates urge tougher rules for nursing facilities for disabled
Leading advocacy groups Monday urged state officials to take aggressive action to prevent the deaths of children with severe disabilities in nursing facilities. Among the proposals: raising fines and sending...
Center where kids died gets monitor
In a rare move, Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday ordered a health monitor be placed at a troubled Chicago facility caring for children with severe developmental disabilities. The governor also...
Center where kids died gets monitor
In a rare move, Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday ordered a health monitor be placed at a troubled Chicago facility caring for children with severe developmental disabilities. The governor also...
Center where kids died gets monitor
In a rare move, Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday ordered a health monitor be placed at a troubled Chicago facility caring for children with severe developmental disabilities. The governor also...
Children with disabilities die on care facility’s watch
A 4-year-old boy with severe developmental disabilities died in his nursing facility when he had difficulty breathing and no one heard the alarm on his monitor. Three weeks later, a...
Kids’ basic needs unmet
Because of their disabilities and medically fragile state, children and young adults living at the Alden Village North nursing facility require consistent and specialized care. But sometimes they don't even...