Nursing Home Whistleblower Hotline

Many individuals get involved in the healthcare business because they want to help people. However, given the number of nursing homes and assisted living facilities that have been cited for violating federal health and safety standards over the years and all over the country, it comes as no surprise that you may have seen something you were very uncomfortable with.

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Are you fed-up and angry because you can’t provide proper care to residents in your nursing home?

Are you forced to participate in illegal or inappropriate behavior, following with threats of retaliatory action if you don’t comply?

You may also be experiencing extreme frustration each day if you work in a facility where you don’t have enough other staffers and/or supplies to properly care for the residents.

Contact us, we can help. Direct care workers and nursing home support staff members frequently contact our attorneys to report violations of the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act. Many of these workers feel helpless because they are stretched too thin to devote the appropriate time and attention to vulnerable residents under their care. Our lawyers have handled hundreds of nursing home lawsuits and have taken thousands of depositions of nursing home employees and owners. We are here to help protect you.

Common Complaints

Some of the frequent complaints we hear from staffers in nursing homes include that there is:

Inadequate staffing
Inadequate equipment and resources
“Staffing up” for IDPH inspections
Falsification of patient medical records
Failure to respond to resident call lights
Abuse of the residents
Staff skipping necessary procedures—for example, those required to prevent bedsores—because they do not have enough time to cover everything

Those who contact us tend to be:

Administrators
Certified nursing assistants
Registered nurses
Licensed nurse practitioners
Food service or janitorial staff
Administrative staff
Physical or occupational therapists
Maintenance or groundskeepers

Protect Against Patient Vulnerability

Many nursing home residents cannot advocate for themselves, and do not have family members who can visit them on a daily basis. That is why it is so important for nursing home employees to speak out on behalf of this vulnerable population. By doing so, you are not only helping the residents under your direct care, you are also helping to protect future residents from substandard care.

Whistleblower Attorneys

We understand that in many cases, it is the nursing home owners, not the employees, who are to blame for substandard care because they choose to operate their facilities at minimal staffing levels in order to increase personal profits. Our firm helps overworked and underappreciated employees fight for better working conditions as well as better living conditions for the residents.

If you are a nursing home employee who has witnessed poor care and abuse in an Illinois nursing home, we understand that you may be afraid to report abuse and neglect for fear of losing your job or other retaliatory actions by the nursing home. The Illinois Nursing Home Care Act & the Illinois Whistleblower Act give you employee rights and offer protection from retaliation for reporting or threatening to report a violation of the law or regulation concerning the care of nursing home residents. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to call our nursing home whistleblower hotline at 312-332-2872 to discuss how we can work together to protect the safety and well-being of residents at the facility. You can also email us confidentially at questions@levinperconti.com or through our website contact form. All calls and consultations are confidential.

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It was very difficult going over the facts in our mother's case, but they were so compassionate and understanding... I feel that the law firm of Levin & Perconti is probably the best firm in the Chicago area and I would, from the bottom of my heart, recommend them to anyone who needs representation for themselves or for their loved ones.

Margaret, Daisy and Bryan. This magnificent cohesive team led by Margaret represented us for my mom's nursing home wrongful death case.

They were most patient and responded timely to many questions throughout the entire process. All demonstrated professionalism and extensive knowledge of case and state laws. Their in-depth investigative work uncovered details which were unknown to us and yet sadly confirmed our suspicions. We would recommend the Levin and Perconti Law firm and especially this team.

Our deepest appreciation to the law firm of Levin & Perconti, and in particular to Margaret Battersby Black, in the handling of the lawsuit we field n behalf of our sister who sustained life-threatening injuries as a nursing home resident.

Margaret’s representation, guidance, and professionalism gave us the sense that we could put our trust in Levin & Perconti and the final outcome proved that to be true.

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Steven M. Levin

Founder and Senior Partner

Since 1976, Steve Levin has been dedicated to helping people injured by others’ negligence. He is one of the first attorneys in the U.S. to prosecute nursing homes for abuse and negligence. He's also helped write new legislation that governs the operation of nursing homes, including the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act. Moreover, Levin & Perconti has obtained the top three jury verdicts in nursing home negligence cases in Illinois.

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Notable Results

$4.1 MILLION

VERDICT

on behalf of an 85-year-old woman injured in a nursing home when her medications were mismanaged.

$2.7 MILLION

VERDICT

for the estate of a 67-year-old man who died from complications related to a fall

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SETTLEMENT

for a 59-year-old resident who developed multiple painful and infected bedsores which took four years to heal.

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