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210 ILCS 45/1-117 (2026)

Neglect

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(210 ILCS 45/1-117) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-117)
    Sec. 1-117. Neglect. "Neglect" means a facility's failure to provide, or willful withholding of, adequate medical care, mental health treatment, psychiatric rehabilitation, personal care, or assistance with activities of daily living that is necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness of a resident.
(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2021 · leading case: Eads v. Heritage Enter., Inc., 757 N.E.2d 107 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001).
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Eads v. Heritage Enter., Inc., 757 N.E.2d 107 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “) 210 ILCS 45/1-117 (West 1998). Further, we note that the Nursing Home Act is not the sole avenue for relief by a nursing home resident.”
Cmty. Living Options, Inc. v. The Dep't of Pub. Health, 2013 IL App (4th) 121056 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “” 210 ILCS 45/1-117 (West 2008). ¶ 70 Section 1-120 of the Act defines “personal care” as follows: “assistance with meals, dressing, movement, bathing or other personal needs or maintenance, or general supervision and oversight of the physical and mental well-being of an…”
Eads v. Heritage Enter., Inc., 787 N.E.2d 771 (Ill. 2003). · cites it 2× “210 ILCS 45/1-117 (West 2000). "Personal care" is defined to mean assistance with, among other things, "movement, bathing or other personal needs or maintenance, or general supervision and oversight of the physical and mental well-being" of the resident.”
Maplewood Care, Inc. v. Arnold, 2013 IL App (1st) 120602 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “” 210 ILCS 45/1-117 (West 2008). As the administrative law judge noted, “personal care” includes “general supervision and oversight of the physical and mental well-being of an individual who is incapable of maintaining a private, independent residence or who is incapable of…”
Claybon v. SSC Westchester Operating Co. LLC (N.D. Ill. 2021). “”4 210 ILCS 45/1-117 (emphasis added). At a minimum, then, the plain language of the statute contemplates willful misconduct, and finds it actionable under certain conditions.”
Eads v. Heritage Enter., Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “In fact, section 1-117 defines neglect as "a failure in a facility to provide adequate medical or personal care or maintenance, which failure results in physical or mental injury to a resident or in the deterioration of a resident's physical or mental condition.”
Myers v. Heritage Enter., Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “" 210 ILCS 45/1-117 (West 2000). See also Harris , 111 Ill.”
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