The Illinois Nursing Home Safety Task Force has taken the initiative to address the serious situation of mixing populations of persons with mental illness with the elderly and others with physical disabilities in nursing homes.  In moving forward to address the current challenges, it is helpful to look historically at how we arrived here. Please read Health & Medicine’s Center for Long-Term Care Reform’s research report that looks at the care of persons with mental illness after deinstitutionalization in the United States and in Illinois.  It is our hope that this review will help as we plan for the future.  If you have questions or comments about the document, please do not hesitate to call or email Kristen Pavle, or call Kristen at (312) 372-4292 ext. 27.

Illinois Nursing Homes as Care Providers for Mentally Ill: How Did We Get Here?  (February, 2010)

Save the Date (Flyer) Older Healthcare Workers: Addressing Health and Safety Challenges on the Job

Report of the Taxpayer Action Board (June, 2009)

Response to Budget: Opportunities and Challenges (May 22, 2009)

Health and Medicine Policy Research Group Testimony (March 5, 2009)

Health and Medicine Policy Research Group Testimony Prepared for the Deficit Reduction Committee (March 10, 2009)

Presentations from Person-Centered Care Conference

Binstock Presentation: LTC Reform: The Federal Policy & Political Contexts

Kane Presentation: Building on What Matters

Parks Presentation: Rehtinking Relationships of Care

Reinhard Presentation: Making the Connections

Polivka Presentation: The Socio-Economic Context for the Politics of LTC Policy

Conference Summary: Translating Values into Action: Achieving Person-Centered Long-Term Care for Older Adults in Illinois

OASAC Papers

Recommendations to the Services Committee Work Group
Caring for the Caregiver

Recommendations to the Services Expansion Workgroup
Coordination of Health and Social Services Objective

Other

Ombudsman Letter to Illinois Office of Management and Budget (October 28, 2008)

LTC Newsletters – Archived Issues

• Premiere Issue
• Fall 2004
• Spring 2005
• Summer 2005
• Spring 2006
• Winter 2005
• Winter 2006
• Winter 2008
  

LTC Briefing Papers from 2007 and Earlier

• LTC Briefing Papers- Illinois Residents Speak Out on LTC

• LTC Briefing Papers- Long Term Care in Illinois The Next Generation

• LTC Briefing Papers- LTC Reform in Four Best Practice States Executive Summary

• LTC Briefing Papers- LTC Reform in Four Best Practice States

• LTC Briefing Papers- The Potential use of Medicaid to increase Resources for LTC

• LTC BriefingPapers-Funding Streams for LTC for the Elderly-Executive Summary