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1) Disparate Nursing Home Care By: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein See More Stories by this author.
Investigation finds nursing home with fatal fall among worst-rated in city and saddled with lawsuits.
Published: July, 2009

2) Lower Standards By: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein See More Stories by this author.
A Chicago Reporter analysis shows that the quality of black seniors' nursing home care is drastically behind that of white seniors.
Published: July, 2009

3) Illinois Leads Nation
Illinois has the highest number and highest percentage of poorly rated black nursing homes, of the states with at least three black facilities.
Published: July, 2009

4) Inequities, Despite Poverty
Some say people get poor care because they’re poor. But The Chicago Reporter found that even when controlling for poverty—by looking at homes where more than 75 percent of resident care is paid for by Medicaid—significant racial disparities remained.
Published: July, 2009

5) Staffing Quality Inequities
Staffing may play a significant role in nursing home disparities. Nearly 85 percent of homes where a majority of residents are black got the lowest rating for nurse staffing, compared with just 21 percent of white homes.
Published: July, 2009

6) Excellence Lacking
In Chicago, more than 55 percent of the nursing homes where a majority of the residents are black received the lowest federal rating, compared with 11 percent for white homes. No black home received an excellent rating.
Published: July, 2009

7) Schlossberg Homes
Floyd Schlossberg is one of the state's largest owners of nursing homes; however, the average ratings of his homes differ by race. Each of the three majority black homes received the lowest overall rating from a federal ranking system, while less than half of the 17 majority white homes earned the same score.
Published: July, 2009

8) Ten Worst Owners
A list of the 10 owners with the most poorly rated homes in Illinois.
Published: July, 2009

9) Methodology (Disparate Nursing Home Care)
Methodology for "Disparate Nursing Home Care"
Published: July, 2009

10) Clear Disparities
Click for an interactive map that shows racial disparities in Chicago nursing homes.
Published: July, 2009

11) Resources (Lower Standards)
Resources for "Lower Standards"
Published: July, 2009

12) Data: Nursing Home Violations, Lawsuits and Ratings
The Chicago Reporter has compiled databases of violations investigated by the Illinois Department of Public Health, of civil suits filed against 92 Chicago nursing homes, and of the ratings of majority-black nursing homes for each state in the country where there are majority-black homes.
Published: July, 2009

13) Briefing Paper: Nursing Home Inequity
A briefing paper for July/August 2009
Published: July, 2009

14) How To Find A Nursing Home
Finding a high-quality nursing home can be time-consuming and stressful. Experts suggest some tips to make the process easier.
Published: July, 2009

15) Care Across Cultural Divide By: Jessica Young See More Stories by this author.
Nursing home providers reach out to Latino seniors
Published: July, 2009

16) Dolton Facility Gets High Marks For Nursing Home Care By: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein See More Stories by this author.
A Dolton nursing home received what no other black Illinois facilities accomplished: the highest quality rating by the Nursing Home Compare.
Published: July, 2009

17) Chicago Nursing Homes
The interactive map shows information about 92 nursing homes in Chicago that are listed in Nursing Home Compare, a national database of Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes. The number on each icon corresponds to that facility’s overall rating out of five stars.
Published: July, 2009

18) ‘People Are Living There’ By: Jennifer Fernicola See More Stories by this author.
Chicago nursing home builds community through staff.
Published: July, 2009

19) Unintended Consequences By: Alex Campbell See More Stories by this author.
Temporary budget cuts lead to less treatment for drug-abusing parents and estrangement from their children.
Published: March, 2009

20) Not A Priority By: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein and Christiana Schmitz See More Stories by this author.
Illinois law provides in some ways for children whose parents are incarcerated, but a survey of the agencies involved reveals that often their needs are addressed on an individual basis.
Published: September, 2008