Advocates for the mentally ill continued to push for a major overhaul of how Illinois’ nursing homes handle psychiatric patients. They argued that the state should end its reliance on nursing homes to house dangerous people cheaply. The mix of...

A South Pekin, Illinois woman was arrested for allegedly bilking an elderly man out of cars, loans and his pension money. The 38-year-old woman was arrested for financial exploitation of the elderly, forgery and altering titles. In August, the son of...

An Ottawa, Illinois man has sued the La Salle County Nursing Home on behalf of a female relative, who he alleges was sexually abused by a former resident at the nursing home. The man filed the seven-count lawsuit in La Salle County Circuit Court...

Half of Illinois’ nursing homes with ratings of four to five stars have been cited at least once sinse 2001 for misusing psychotropic drugs. Some of these nursing home violations have involved injuries and deaths. These findings show that the...

Just eight hours after moving into the Pekin Living and Rehab Center, a man was approached by four employees who injected him with a high amount of the antipsychotic drug Haldol. According to state records this quickly sedated him, and he fell in his...