Lax regulation of Illinois nursing homes resulted in poor resident care, including in early months of pandemic, consultant finds – Chicago Tribune*

Illinois had the second highest number of substantiated complaints per facility compared with similar states, with 1 out of 5 long-term facilities in the state having the lowest federal rating; Ratings were disproportionately worse in Black areas with higher percentages of Medicaid patients. A crucial contributing factor was that the state didn’t follow the law to maintain minimum staffing of its own inspectors, the investigation found.