Aperion Care Chicago Heights

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.07 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 4% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 35% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 200 beds and averages 141.8 residents a day — about 71% occupied, or roughly 58 beds typically open. It usually has some room. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 2.14 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.34 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.39 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 1.79 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 2.29 on weekdays — 22% thinner on weekends — a notable drop. RN hours go from 0.38 to 0.25 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 53% is about the same as the national median of 45%. 1 administrator has left in the past year.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

28 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 18 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · Dcited before2026-03-13 · tag F0600 — failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect — isolated
  Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a resident (R2) was free of physical abuse by another resident (R1) for two out of three residents reviewed for abuse in a total sample of nine. Findings Include: R1 is a [AGE] year old with the following diagnosis: schizophrenia and bipolar type schizoaffective disorder. R2 is a [AGE] year old with the following diagnosis: major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and nonsuicidal self-harm. On 3/10/26 at 1:58PM, R2 was lying in bed and agreed to talk with the surveyor. R2 stated he got into a physical altercation with another resident (R1) about one to two weeks after R2 was admitted . R2 denied remembering the exact date of the altercation. R2 stated a heavy set black man hit R2 in the head and face more than once in the dining room. R2 denied remembering what led to the altercation but stated the other resident said words,' to R2 before hitting R2. R2 denied having any injuries. On 3/10/26 at 2:12PM, R1 was lying in bed and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2026-03-13 · tag F0609 — failed to report abuse allegations — isolated
  Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to report an allegation of physical abuse to the state survey agency for one out of three residents reviewed for abuse reporting in a total sample of nine. Findings Include: R1 is a [AGE] year old with the following diagnosis: schizophrenia and bipolar type schizoaffective disorder. R2 is a [AGE] year old with the following diagnosis: major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and nonsuicidal self-harm. On 3/10/26 at 1:58PM, R2 was lying in bed and agreed to talk with the surveyor. R2 stated he got into a physical altercation with another resident (R1) about one to two weeks after R2 was admitted . R2 denied remembering the exact date of the altercation. R2 stated a heavy set black man hit R2 in the head and face more than once in the dining room. R2 denied remembering what led to the altercation but stated the other resident said words,' to R2 before hitting R2. R2 denied having any injuries. On 3/10/26 at 2:12PM, R1 was lying in bed and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2026-01-29 · tag F0805 — failed to prepare food in a form residents can eat — widespread
  Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to follow policy by not matching residents' diet orders to food trays during meal service, and failed to have a system in place to ensure that the prescribed diet was served and ensured tray accuracy (that each resident receives food that is prepared in a form designed to avoid allergies and meet each individual's needs and preferences). These failures have the potential to result in residents receiving the wrong diet and can affect all 139 residents in the facility. Findings include: On 1/26/26 after the entrance conference, V1(Administrator) presented the facility census as 139. On 1/27/26 at 10:56am, V1 stated that all 139 residents receive oral foods from the kitchen.On 1/26/26 between 12:15pm and 12:45pm during lunch service, surveyors observed meal service to residents in the dining room. Dietary staff were observed dishing foods into each tray without tray cards and without any communication from the staff (V13/CNA/Certified Nurse Assistant) who was holding the Diet Order Report. Residents received the…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2026-01-29 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that: food carts were free of dried food spills; the floor of the dry storage room was kept clean and free of visible dirt, and the wall air vent return was free of accumulated dust. These failures have the potential to affect all 139 residents that receive oral foods from the facility's kitchen. Findings include:On 1/26/26 after the entrance conference, V1(Administrator) presented the facility's census as 139. No residents have NPO status (receive nothing by mouth).On 1/12/26 between 9:35am and 10:00am during observation of the kitchen with V7(Dietary Manager), the floor of the Dry Storage Area of the kitchen was observed with visible accumulated dust, and visible dirt. V7 stated that the floor of the whole kitchen is supposed to be cleaned on supply days by the utility staff. Also, one kitchen cart was observed with dried food spills and visible dirt; V7 stated that the carts should be cleaned daily. In addition, the wall air return vent had a lot of accumulated dust. V7 stated that the vent would be…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2026-01-29 · tag F0814 — failed to dispose of garbage properly — widespread
  Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that the outside dumpster garbage disposal was covered with the lids and failed to ensure that the floor around the dumpsters were free of bags of trash and spilled trash, thus creating an unsanitary environment. These failures have the potential to cause harboring of rodents which can affect all 139 residents in the facility.Findings include:On 1/26/26 after the entrance conference, V1(Administrator) presented the facility census as 139.On 1/26/26 at 9:52am, after kitchen observation with V7(Dietary Manager), the outside dumpster was observed to be open without lids, with bags of trash and spilled trash on the floor around the dumpster. V7 stated that the garbage truck should have come on Friday, and because of the weekend, the garbage was overflowing. Again on 1/26/26 at 11:20am, the surveyor observed the same dumpster still in the same condition without covers and with trash on the floor. On 1/27 26 at 10:20am, V7 stated that leaving dumpsters open could cause rodents to come around the building, and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2026-01-29 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — widespread
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that staff sanitize the tables in the dining area in between residents and failed to ensure that residents were assisted with hand hygiene before eating. This failure has the potential to affect all 139 residents currently residing at the facility. Findings include:Resident census provided by V1 (Administrator) upon entrance- 139.On 1/26/2026 at 12:18PM during lunch observation, surveyor observed that the facility is using one dining room for all the residents. Some residents were already eating, while others were observed lined up in the hallway, waiting to be called. The residents who finished their food were noted leaving the dining area with their tray, while other residents will come in and sit on the same spot just vacated by another resident. Some of the tables were noted with food crumbs and garbage left by residents who have finished eating and the one coming in will just sit and eat on the dirty table. There is no organization as to who sits where, or the number of residents eating at a…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Fcited before2026-01-29 · tag F0921 — failed to keep a safe, functional, sanitary building — widespread
  Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to follow policy and procedure and failed to clean the lint screen thoroughly to provide a safe environment for the residents. This failure has the potential to affect all 139 residents at the facility.Findings include:Facility census dated 1/26/26, documents 139 residents residing in the facility.On 1/27/26 at 11:36am, accompanied by V10 (EVS/Environmental Services Supervisor), a tour of the facility's laundry room was conducted. V10 opened the lint compartment for dryer #3 and the lint compartment floor had loose lint on the floor and the lint screen was fully covered with lint. V10 said, Uh oh. Looks like they (laundry staff) didn't clean the lint out today. V10 removed the lint from the lint screen and the bottom of the compartment floor and disposed of the lint in the trash. V10 stated, We (laundry staff) clean the lint compartments out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday because we (facility) launder out most of the laundry. The facility dryers are used for rags and maybe a few other things. The lint is…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Environmental Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · F2026-01-29 · tag F0924 — widespread
  Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to secure handrails to the corridor walls. This failure has the potential to affect all 139 residents that reside within the facility.Findings include:Facility census (1/26/2026) documents in part that 139 residents reside within the facility.On 1/26/2026 at 10:25 AM, observed the handrail next to room [ROOM NUMBER] loose and able to be displaced 4-5 inches on the wall and unsecured to the wall. V1 (Administrator) observed the handrail and confirmed the findings. V1 stated the purpose of handrails is for safety and to prevent falls.On 1/26/2026 at 10:28, observed V1 testing other handrails down the corridor to check if they were firmly secured and observed walking with a cane down the hallway with an abnormal gait. V1 grabbed the handrail outside of the master shower room, near 143 and the rail fully detached from the wall and hit the floor. R19 was visibly startled and told V1, Wow that really could have hurt me.R19's care plan documents R19…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Environmental Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2026-01-29 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — pattern
  Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that five residents (R52, R64, R93, R119 and R136) had a clean and sanitary bathroom. This failure affected a total of five residents reviewed for resident's rights to enjoy a clean, homelike environment, in a total sample of 54 residents.Findings include: On 1/26/26 at 10:29am, upon entering R52's and R64's room, a strong, pervasive odor of urine was detected. Upon entering R52's and R64's, which is also shared with R93, R119 and R136, a large puddle of urine which spread out from the area around the toilet was observed. On 1/26/26 at 10:30am, R52 said, I don't know who pissed on the floor. It (R52's and R64's) always smells like piss in here. R52's face sheet documents diagnoses that include but are not limited to psychosis, schizophrenia, hallucinations, and violent behavior. R52's BIMS (brief interview for mental status) score, dated 1/14/2026, is 12 which indicates R52's cognition is moderately impaired. On 1/26/26 at 10:33am, R64 said, There's been pee on our bathroom floor before. Sometimes, I…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-01-29 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to follow their comprehensive care plan policy by failing to develop a person centered care plan for a resident to include measurable objectives and timeframes to meet the resident's medical and nursing needs that were identified in the comprehensive assessment for Anemia, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia for one (R20) resident of 54 residents reviewed for care plans.Findings include:R20 is [AGE] years of age. Current diagnoses include but are not limited to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Anemia, Pyothorax without Fistula, Emphysema, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Pneumonia, and Paranoid Schizophrenia.R20's comprehensive assessment section C Cognitive Patterns dated 01/14/2025 documents a brief interview for mental status score of 15 which indicates R1 is cognitively intact.On 01/27/2026 at 2:25 PM, V21 MDS (Minimum Data Set) Coordinator was inquired of R20 not having a care plan for his medical…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to APERION CARE — 33 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 38 rows in the source record cover these 31 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

15 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

This home reported $3.1M paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 24% of its total expenses. Money routed to affiliated companies can leave a home’s own books looking lean while owners still profit; it is the mechanism regulators watch most closely in private-equity and REIT deals. A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in IL