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Advocates for Aging Care has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with a Savoy landowner to purchase approximately 10 acres for a proposed 10-cottage, 120-bed skilled nursing facility. The site is part of a larger parcel located south of Liberty on the Lake, north of Old Church Road, and east of Mattis Avenue. The plan envisions a residential-style setting with 10 cottages and one administrative building. Unlike commercial or multi-family developments, the Cottages are desig

As Advocates for Aging Care enters its third year of grassroots efforts to bring more skilled nursing care to Champaign County, we are eager to share significant updates with our 575 community advocates before they are made public. In addition to filing paperwork with the State, our dedicated group of volunteers has finalized both the skilled care model and the prospective facility location - two key milestones in increasing access to skilled care for residents of Champaign C

I want to share my experience with the lack of skilled nursing care for my husband in Champaign County. After my husband suffered a serious stroke, there were no skilled nursing care options in Champaign County. The only opening was an hour away. When he was transported by ambulance, I arrived shortly after, but there was no one available to let me in or provide information. I left messages and waited over an hour with no response. In the weeks that followed, communicatio

My role as caregiver for my parents came on suddenly and lasted six years. One day, my parents were living independently, and although my dad was managing chronic health issues, they were doing okay together. Then, without warning, everything changed. A simple cold led to serious health complications for my mom, and overnight, I became fully responsible for both of them while they lived three hours away. After my mom passed, my greatest disappointment was my inability to b

Site of the former Champaign County Nursing Home, which closed in 2023. More than two years ago, a growing number of older adults and their families began to recognize a serious shortage of nursing home beds (also known as skilled nursing beds) in Champaign County. Spouses searching for post-hospital care and adult children trying to support aging parents quickly discovered that appropriate care was often unavailable close to home. In response, community members formed a gras