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"My Injury Guy" Scott DeSalvo
Trial-Trained Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer for Plainfield & Will County
The Plainfield area has seen a boom in senior living: nursing homes, assisted living communities, and memory care units. Families choose them because they want their loved ones safe and well cared for. When a parent is neglected or hurt, it's devastating.
Memory care residents are especially vulnerable. People with dementia may not be able to report abuse or explain how they were injured. Wandering, falls, and medication errors are serious risks.
Here's what many families don't realize: not every senior facility is governed by the same law. Nursing homes are licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, while assisted living communities are licensed under a different law, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. The type of facility affects your family's rights and how a claim is handled.
I'm Scott DeSalvo, and I've handled serious injury cases for over 27 years. For other kinds of cases, see my Plainfield personal injury attorney page.
You pay nothing up front, and there's no fee unless we win. Call me any time at 312-500-4500.
When I was nine, my father, a truck driver and Teamster, was hurt at work. His lawyer ignored him for seventeen years.
Seniors in care facilities often can't speak for themselves. I make sure their families are heard.
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Nursing homes provide skilled nursing care and are licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act (210 ILCS 45). Assisted living and shared housing establishments are licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act (210 ILCS 9). Both must protect residents, but the rules differ.
Residents with dementia need supervision to prevent wandering, falls, and choking, plus careful medication management. Facilities that advertise memory care must actually provide it.
Most neglect comes down to too few staff. Missed checks, unanswered call lights, and rushed care lead to preventable injuries.
Inspection reports from the Illinois Department of Public Health and federal data can reveal a facility's history.
Bottom Line: The type of facility matters, but every resident deserves safe care.
Especially among memory care residents and others known to be at risk.
Residents with dementia who leave the facility unsupervised.
Pressure injuries, weight loss, and dehydration.
Physical, emotional, sexual, or financial abuse by staff or others.
Picture this. Your mother, who has Alzheimer's, lives in a memory care unit. The facility knows she wanders at night. One night, a door alarm isn't working, and staff don't notice she's gone. She's found outside hours later with hypothermia and a broken hip. That's exactly the kind of harm memory care is supposed to prevent.
Look, senior care companies often use the same defenses:
Here's what most lawyers won't tell you: the facility's own marketing and admission promises can matter. If it promised a secure memory care unit and specialized staff, it can be held to those promises.
Bottom Line: A facility that sells safety has to deliver it.
Most cases settle. Facilities settle fairly when they know your lawyer will go to trial if needed.
I'm a graduate of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College and the exclusive Keenan Trial Institute, I've invested more than $100,000 in advanced trial training, and I've tried more than 30 jury trials.
Nothing up front. I advance the costs and am paid only from what I recover.
Find Out What YOUR Case Might Be Worth...for free.
Call for a free consultation. If you hire me, I gather the facility's records, contracts, staffing data, and inspection history, and have medical experts review the care. Then I make a demand. If it doesn't settle fairly, I file suit in the appropriate court.
Worried about a loved one near Plainfield? Call 312-500-4500 any time.
Evidence fades fast, and the insurance company has already started working on its side of the story. Call me for a free consultation, 24/7/365. No money out of pocket. No fee unless we win.
Nearest office: The Law Office of Scott D. DeSalvo, LLC, 116 N Chicago St, Suite 301 - Kendall Office, Joliet, IL 60432, about 20 minutes from Plainfield. Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., and by appointment.
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No. Nursing homes are licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act (210 ILCS 45). Assisted living and shared housing establishments are licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act (210 ILCS 9). Both protect residents, but the rules and remedies differ.
Unexplained injuries, falls, weight loss, poor hygiene, bedsores, wandering incidents, and sudden behavior changes. Residents with dementia may not be able to explain what happened.
If the facility knew about the wandering risk and failed to supervise or secure the unit properly, it may be liable for resulting injuries.
Generally two years from when the injury was discovered (735 ILCS 5/13-202). Wrongful death claims have their own deadlines.
Some are enforceable and some aren't. Have a lawyer review it.
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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