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 designed to blend into...

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 County. The...

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, communication remained...