A jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of Sandy Brooks, tying the largest verdict for nursing home neglect in county ...

a former nursing home ombudsman in Florida and Illinois who now heads the advocacy group Families for Better Care. Lee pointed to examples in Florida. Researchers found homes were cited for fewer ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A Democratic plan in Springfield to require all Illinois nursing homes to have on site AED's passed unanimously out of the state Senate. Nursing home staff will be ...

They told Illinois Department of Public Health ... scrutinized resident injuries from fights at Well Care Home of Maryville. A certified nursing assistant was accused of biting a resident ...

SPRINGFIELD — Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are ...

The Illinois Medicaid program pays for the care of roughly 55,000 residents who live in 738 nursing homes, also known as skilled nursing facilities, according to the state Department of Healthcare ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois nursing homes will face fines for understaffing starting January 1. Frontline workers told reporters Tuesday that far too many nursing homes have failed to ...

A St. Louis nursing home’s overnight closure ... a half-dozen other facilities in Missouri and Illinois — including ones in Edwardsville, Maryville and Fenton.

Many nursing home operators, including Peoria-based Petersen Health Care, have filed for bankruptcy. Forty-nine Illinois nursing homes closed between 2019 and 2022. The industry is also fearful a ...

Forty-nine Illinois nursing homes closed between 2019 and 2022, according to the state's Department of Public Health; data for 2023 is not yet available. In that same time period, six new ...