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"My Injury Guy" Scott DeSalvo
Trial-Trained Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer for Bolingbrook & Will County
Families in Bolingbrook trust nursing homes and rehab centers to care for their loved ones safely. One form of abuse families don't always recognize is overmedication: using sedatives or antipsychotic drugs to keep residents quiet instead of giving them proper care.
Here's what many families don't know: Illinois law prohibits nursing homes from using chemical restraints for discipline or staff convenience. If your parent suddenly seems sedated, confused, or withdrawn, it's worth asking why.
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The Nursing Home Care Act prohibits chemical and physical restraints used for discipline or convenience rather than to treat medical symptoms.
Antipsychotics carry serious risks for older adults with dementia, and their use must be medically justified and consented to.
Facilities that violate the Act can be required to pay residents' attorney's fees (210 ILCS 45).
Falls, bedsores, and dehydration often accompany sedation.
Bottom Line: Sedation is not a substitute for care.
Improper sedation and antipsychotics.
Often linked to sedation.
From immobility and neglect.
Physical, emotional, or financial.
Picture this. Your mother, who has dementia, becomes agitated in the evenings. Instead of adding staff or adjusting her care plan, the facility starts giving her an antipsychotic without your consent. She becomes unsteady, falls, and breaks her hip.
Look, facilities defend these cases by claiming:
Here's what most lawyers won't tell you: medication administration records show every dose given and when. Comparing them with behavior notes can reveal sedation for convenience. Bottom Line: The medication records show the pattern.
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Nearest office: The Law Office of Scott D. DeSalvo, LLC, 116 N Chicago St, Suite 301 - Kendall, Joliet, IL 60432, about 20 minutes from Bolingbrook. Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., and by appointment.
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Using a drug to control behavior for discipline or staff convenience rather than to treat a medical condition. Illinois prohibits it.
Sudden drowsiness, confusion, withdrawal, unsteadiness, or falls after a medication change.
Under the Nursing Home Care Act, a facility that violates residents' rights can be ordered to pay attorney's fees and costs.
Usually two years from discovery (735 ILCS 5/13-202).
Scott DeSalvo founded DeSalvo Law to help injured people throughout Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1998, IARDC #6244452, Scott has represented over 3,000 clients in personal injury, workers compensation, and accident cases.
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