Over 100 nursing home workers, seniors, and people with disabilities from across Illinois gather in Springfield to urge nursing home reform

Over 100 nursing home workers in SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana were joined by seniors from the Jane Addams Senior Caucus and people with disabilities from Access Living to urge lawmakers to pass meaningful nursing home reform before the General Assembly adjourns in May.

“We are here today to urge our lawmakers to make sure seniors and people with disabilities have access to the quality care they deserve,” explained Mesha Williams, a CNA in Springfield, Illinois.  “That means increasing staffing and training levels, and holding nursing home owners accountable when they fail to provide quality care.”

Our seniors, people with disabilities, and other nursing home residents deserve access to quality care in nursing homes.  Instead, inadequate staffing and training requirements and the lack of owner and administrator accountability have created unsafe conditions.

Nursing home workers asked lawmakers to sign a pledge recognizing that our seniors and people with disabilities deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.