The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in Illinois

  Worst Nursing Homes in Illinois By City

Every city in Illinois has its own set of challenges and standards when it comes to nursing home care. To help you find the information most relevant to your location, we've compiled city-specific rankings of the worst-rated nursing homes. Click on the links below to explore the detailed lists for each city.

Worst Nursing Homes in Chicago

• Southview Manor (731.25)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-04-10)
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2025-04-10)
• Archer Heights Healthcare (680.25)
• 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. (2025-05-17)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-05-17)
• Ryze On The Avenue (436.5)
• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (2025-05-15)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-05-05)
• Continental Nursing and Rehab Center (431.5)
• Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. (2025-06-25)
• Conduct testing and exercise requirements. (2025-06-25)
• Morgan Park Healthcare (425.5)
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2025-05-07)
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (2025-04-24)
• Southpoint Nursing and Rehab Center (415.25)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-05-07)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2025-02-16)
• Alden Lakeland Rehab and Hcc (385)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2025-05-28)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-05-28)
• Mayfield Care and Rehab (372.25)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-03-25)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-02-28)
• Center Home Hispanic Elderly (344)
• Keep all essential equipment working safely. (2025-05-19)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2025-04-15)
• Belhaven Nursing and Rehab Center (330)
• Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. (2025-05-29)
• 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. (2025-05-07)

Worst Nursing Homes in Rockford

• Forest City Rehab and Nrsg Ctr (349.75)
• Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. (2025-02-19)
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2025-02-19)
• Alden Park Strathmoor (186.25)
• Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire. (2025-08-29)
• Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. (2025-06-03)
• Pa Peterson at The Citadel (165)
• Use approved construction type or materials. (2025-08-01)
• Install a two-hour-resistant firewall separation. (2025-08-01)
• Rock River Health Care (147.75)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-04-04)
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (2025-03-05)
• Fairhaven Christian Ret Center (136.25)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-03-27)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-03-14)
• River Bluff Nursing Home (115)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-01-09)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2024-12-06)
• Colonial Nursing Center of Rockford (104)
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2025-05-01)
• Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (2024-10-07)
• Alden Debes Rehab and Hcc (97.75)
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. (2025-04-10)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-04-10)
• Ascension Saint Anne Place (82)
• Conduct testing and exercise requirements. (2024-09-12)
• Establish policies and procedures for sheltering. (2024-09-11)
• Amberwood Care Centre (60)
• Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2025-09-16)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-05-30)

Worst Nursing Homes in Round Lake Beach

• Hillcrest Retirement Village (63)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-03-18)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-10-14)

Worst Nursing Homes in Peoria

• Sharon Health Care Pines (318.25)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-06-06)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-05-08)
• The Loft Rehab of Peoria (263)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2025-06-05)
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (2025-05-02)
• Manor Court of Peoria (163.75)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-04-01)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-03-25)
• Sharon Health Care Elms (142)
• Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (2025-04-21)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-04-21)
• Sierra Winds (115.75)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-03-28)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-07-26)
• Sharon Health Care Willows (92)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-06-14)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-06-14)
• Immanuel Campus of Care (82)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-06-06)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-04-24)
• Accolade Healthcare of Peoria (72)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2025-02-04)
• Establish staff and initial training requirements. (2024-09-30)
• Lake Pleasant Post Acute Rehabilitation Center (36)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-06-24)
• Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. (2024-06-24)
• Lutheran Hillside Village (33)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-03-12)
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2025-03-12)

Worst Nursing Homes in Aurora

• Aurora Nursing (282)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-12-05)
• 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. (2024-05-25)
• Highlight Healthcare of Aurora (255.75)
• Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (2025-06-17)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2025-06-17)
• Pearl of Orchard Valley (239.5)
• Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (2025-04-21)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-04-21)
• University Heights Care Center (176.75)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-03-27)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-03-27)
• Westfield Quality Care of Aurora (127.75)
• Follow rules about disclosure of ownership requirements and tell the state agency about changes in ownership and/or administrative personnel. (2025-05-26)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-05-26)
• Hampden Hills Post Acute (105)
• Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2027-12-31)
• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2025-08-12)
• Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimons (104.5)
• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2025-02-25)
• Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2025-02-25)
• Alden of Waterford (87.75)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2025-06-06)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-06-06)
• Lowry Hills Care and Rehabilitation (87)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2025-04-23)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-03-31)
• Aviva at Fitzsimons (75)
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (2025-01-31)
• Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector. (2024-11-30)

  Related Lists and Resources

While it's important to be aware of the lowest-rated facilities, we also provide resources to help you find the best care available. Check out our other lists to find top-rated nursing homes and facilities that excel in specific areas.

• Best Nursing Homes in Illinois
• Analysis of Nursing Homes in Illinois

  Making Informed Decisions

Understanding our rankings and how they are derived can empower you to make better choices for your loved ones. Remember, a low rating in one area doesn't necessarily mean a facility is entirely unsuitable; it's a starting point for further investigation.

  Tips for Evaluating Nursing Homes in Illinois:

• Schedule visits to potential facilities
• Speak with staff and residents
• Review recent inspection reports
• Consider the specific needs of your loved one

Disclaimer: NursingHomeDatabase.com does not have a relationship, either commercial or otherwise, with any of the skilled nursing facilities referred to on this site. This is an independent resource that tries to make more and better information available to the public.

  More Resources for Families

Navigating the world of nursing home care can be overwhelming. Here are some resources to help you make the best decisions for your family:

• The Role of Family in Nursing Home Care
• Navigating Medicaid for Nursing Home Care
• How to Handle a Nursing Home Discharge
• Understanding Nursing Home Ratings and What They Mean
• Questions to Ask During a Nursing Home Visit

  How We Compile Nursing Home Ratings in Illinois

Every month, we rank all of the skilled nursing facilities in Illinois. These rankings are based on data provided by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid measures ("CMS"), including the CMS 5-Star Rating System and the Health Inspection Scores. The list of the Worst Skilled Nursing Facilities in Illinois is based on the weighted overall health inspection score which is a composite of CMS's three most recent skilled nursing home inspection scores weighted to give the most recent inspection more importance.

The CMS 5-Star Rating System rates skilled nursing facilities from one to five stars, with one star being the lowest and five stars being the highest. The rating system also rates Illinois nursing homes across five different dimensions including overall rating, health inspection rating, quality measures rating, overall staffing rating, and RN staffing rating (RN is an acronym for Registered Nurse).

In addition to the 5-Star Rating System, CMS provides numerical metrics that summarize:

• Health Inspection Domain. The health inspection rating is based on the three most recent standard surveys for each nursing home, results from any complaint investigations during the most recent three-year period, and any repeat revisits needed to verify that required corrections have brought the facility back into compliance. CMS calculates a weighted deficiency score based on points assigned to health deficiencies identified in each active provider’s current health inspection survey and the two prior surveys (including revisits), as well as deficiency findings from the most recent three years of complaint investigations. More recent surveys are weighted more heavily than older surveys: the most recent period (cycle 1) is assigned a weighting factor of 1/2, the previous period (cycle 2) has a weighting factor of 1/3, and the second prior survey (cycle 3) has a weighting factor of 1/6. The weighted time period scores are then summed to create the survey score for each facility.
• Staffing Domain. Using multiple reporting methods, CMS calculates the amount of time that the nursing staff spends with residents. This is measured across multiple dimensions, one each for three different levels of nursing, including Registered Nurses (“RNs”), Licensed Practical Nurses (“LPNs”), and Certified Nursing Assistants (“CNAs”), plus one metric that totals all contributions. These metrics are expressed in hours per resident per day. CMS also provides state-level and national averages for the metrics to allow for additional comparisons.
• Quality Measures Domain. A set of quality measures (QMs) has been developed from MDS-based indicators to describe the quality of care provided in nursing homes. These measures address a broad range of functioning and health status in multiple care areas. The facility rating for the QM domain is based on performance on a subset of 11 (out of 18) of the QMs. Ratings for the QM domain are calculated using the three most recent quarters for which data are available. This time period specification was selected to increase the number of assessments available for calculating the QM rating, increasing the stability of estimates and reducing the number of facilities that do not have enough data to report QM ratings.
• Abuse Flag. Abuse is always a concern in skilled nursing facilities. To highlight the issue, CMS has extracted this feature as its own flag. Facilities with an actual abuse event or where the potential for abuse has been shown for the past two years are flagged. The Health Inspection Score is capped at 2-stars for nursing homes that have been flagged for abuse.

Skilled nursing facilities that are new and do not have at least two surveys completed are not rated by CMS. These facilities may have health inspection scores that can be used to evaluate the facility.

One complication in Illinois nursing home inspections is the COVID-19 pandemic. Although inspections should be performed every 12 months, COVID has decreased this frequency. While CMS admits that only in “rare cases” do these inspections increase to 15 months, our analysis suggests that this time frame may be even longer. This report shows that the time between inspections is now just under 500 days (more than sixteen months). There are now hundreds of skilled nursing homes in the United States that have not been inspected in more than 24 months. This list shows the skilled nursing homes with the longest period since being inspected. According to the CMS data, these homes have not been inspected since 2018!