nursing homes

More people are caring for a loved one at home as the COVID-19 pandemic leaves them unemployed or apprehensive about care facilities. Many are first-time…

Private Illinois nursing homes are fronting $300 million for residential care because the state is so far behind on determining whether they're eligible…

A tentative contract agreement has averted a possible strike that was planned by thousands of Illinois nursing home workers. Representatives of more than…

The nursing home industry is fighting legislation that would require them to have higher staffing levels — and greater penalties if they don’t meet…

Starting this weekend home care workers paid by Illinois won’t be allowed to work over 40 hours a week. That’s because Governor Bruce Rauner says the…

Two Peoria Nursing Homes have been cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In January, Sharon Health Care Elms on North Rochelle is cited for…

DIETERICH, Ill. (AP) - The incoming director of the Illinois Department on Aging says her immediate goal will be to help older residents of the state live…

A new Illinois law will allow cameras in nursing home rooms.Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation that supporters say will help prevent abuse and neglect…

Heddington Oaks is seeing fewer Medicare patients these days. That translates to fewer dollars for the Peoria County-owned nursing home. The shift is…

Republican Governor Bruce Rauner says he plans to raise eligibility levels for those senior citizens in Illinois’ Community Care program. Rauner says it’s…