Assisted Living & Senior Care in Illinois

Senior care in Illinois

Our Illinois directory includes 97 communities in 53 cities, including 85 offering assisted living, 76 with memory care, 50 with independent living and 7 offering respite care. 64 communities offer both assisted living and memory care on site. The largest choice is in Chicago (11), Rockford (5), Glen Ellyn (4).

Assisted living and memory care communities are licensed and inspected by the state, so ask each community for its most recent inspection report, or look it up through Illinois’s licensing agency.

Choosing a community in Illinois

• Visit more than once, including at a mealtime, and talk to residents as well as staff.
• Ask what the monthly fee includes, how care levels are priced and how often rates rise.
• Check staffing levels day and night, and what training caregivers receive.
• Ask how the community handles falls, medical emergencies and changing care needs.
• Look up the community’s most recent state inspection report.