186 of the 667 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Illinois (28%) are independently owned, and all are listed below. They average 3.85 nursing hours per resident per day, 0.4 hours above the 3.45 for every home in Illinois. 37 of the 186 graded homes earn an A and 30 earn a D or F. Highland Oaks in Elgin grades highest at A (99 out of 100).
How independently owned homes in Illinois compare
This group set against every nursing home in Illinois, from the current CMS release.
Nursing hours per resident per day
3.85
All homes in Illinois: 3.45
Better than the local average
Nurse staff turnover
43.4%
All homes in Illinois: 44.5%
Better than the local average
Average ElderGrade score
70.3/100
All homes in Illinois: 64.8/100
Better than the local average
Grade spread
A
B
C
D
37 grade A, 49 grade B, 70 grade C, 29 grade D, 1 grade F
The best-graded independently owned home in Illinois is
Highland Oaks
in Elgin, IL, grade A, 99/100.
Every independently owned nursing home in Illinois
Meadowbrook Manor runs 249 certified beds in Naperville under for-profit LLC ownership, and its nurse staffing sits at 2.85 hours per resident day, roughly 26 percent under the national average of 3.86. Weekends thin out further, running about 17 percent below the home's own weekday level, so coverage is lightest exactly when families tend to visit. The inspection record shows 45 deficiencies, including 5 at harm or jeopardy level and 6 abuse-related, plus a $133,390 fine. Staff turnover of 42.5 percent is slightly better than the 45.8 percent national figure, but that's the one relative bright spot in the numbers. The most recent inspection was January 15, 2026.
Meadowbrook Manor in La Grange runs 197 certified beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and the numbers behind its record are worth walking through. Nurse staffing sits at 3.72 hours per resident day, about 4% under the national average, and weekends drop roughly 18% below what the home staffs on weekdays, so coverage thins out right when families tend to visit. Staff turnover is 46.8%, slightly above the national figure, and the home carries 46 deficiencies on its current record, four of them at the harm or jeopardy level, with two fines totaling $57,714. Its last inspection was July 2025, and CMS rates it 2 out of 5 on health inspections, quality measures, and staffing alike.
La Bella Of Freeburg runs on thinner staffing than most homes, 3.67 nurse hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, and it thins out further on weekends, dropping about 13% below its own weekday level. That's the pattern families notice as fewer hands on the floor Saturday and Sunday. The inspection record is the harder read: 22 deficiencies, nine of them serious enough to put residents at harm or jeopardy, six tied to abuse, and five fines totaling $164,604. Staff turnover sits at 53.8%, meaning more than half the nursing workforce leaves in a year, compared with 45.8% nationally. The most recent inspection was November 2025.
Sharon Health Care Willows runs 218 certified beds under corporate ownership, and its staffing is the first thing that stands out: 2.88 nurse hours per resident per day, roughly a quarter below the national average. Weekends are thinner still, about 11% below the home's own weekday coverage, and nearly half the nursing staff turned over last year. The inspection record backs that up, 44 deficiencies, four serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, and 16 tied to abuse. The most recent inspection was October 2024, so the picture is current, not stale. When you tour, ask how they cover weekends and what's changed since those abuse citations.
Prairie Crossing runs lean on nurse staffing, 3.61 hours per resident day, about 7% under the national average, and weekends drop roughly 16% below its own weekday coverage. That thinner weekend presence matters most when families visit and when residents need help between shifts. Staff turnover sits at 41.9%, a bit better than the 45.8% national figure, so the team is somewhat more stable than average. The current record carries 16 deficiencies, five at harm or jeopardy level and one abuse-related, plus three fines totaling $39,635. The last inspection was in October 2024. Ownership is for-profit, a limited liability company.
Southgate runs 140 beds under corporate ownership, and the staffing numbers tell a mixed story: 3.75 nurse hours per resident day sits just under the national average of 3.86, and weekends drop about 11% below the home's own weekday levels. The bigger concern is turnover at 58.4%, well above the 45.8% national figure, that's a lot of unfamiliar faces cycling through. On the inspection side, the record shows 33 deficiencies, four at harm or jeopardy level, two tied to abuse, and $20,170 in fines, with the most recent inspection in April 2025. The quality measure rating of 1 out of 5 is the weakest of its three CMS scores, while staffing earned 3.
Sunset Home runs about 3.05 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, roughly a fifth below the national average, and weekend coverage dips a bit further below its own weekday level. That thin margin shows up in the inspection record: 62 deficiencies, 11 of them serious enough to put residents in harm's way, 8 tied to abuse, and four fines totaling nearly a quarter-million dollars. Staff turnover sits at 49.1%, slightly worse than the national rate, so the people providing care keep changing. The last inspection was in October 2024, and the federal ratings land at one star for health inspections and two each for quality measures and staffing.
Sunset Rehabilitation and Health Care is a 115-bed for-profit in Canton, and the numbers that stand out most aren't the quality scores, they're the inspection record. Fifty deficiencies on file, eight of them serious enough to put residents in harm's way, eight tied to abuse. Add three fines totaling more than $518,000, and a one-star inspection rating, and you've got a paper trail regulators have clearly been working. Nurse staffing sits just under the national average at 3.73 hours per resident day, and it drops about 11% on weekends, which is when families often visit and notice things. The four-star quality measure score reflects what the home reports about resident outcomes, but that's a narrower view than the inspection history, which covers the last visit in November 2024.
Heartland Senior Living runs 71 certified beds in Neoga under for-profit LLC ownership, and the staffing numbers are the main thing to know. At 3.23 nurse hours per resident day, it sits about 16 percent under the national average of 3.86, and weekends drop roughly another 16 percent below its own weekday level, so coverage thins out exactly when families tend to visit. Turnover at 40 percent is actually a bit better than the 45.8 percent national figure, but that's the one bright spot. The inspection record shows 27 deficiencies, including 8 at harm or jeopardy level and 3 abuse-related, with four fines totaling $152,711.
Benton Rehabilitation runs 3.02 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 22 percent under the national average, and weekends dip about 9 percent below its own weekday staffing. The inspection record shows 42 deficiencies, including 2 at harm or jeopardy level and 6 tied to abuse, with one fine of $17,512; the most recent inspection was April 2025, so the record is current. Quality measures and staffing each score 1 out of 5 from CMS, while inspections land at 3. Corporate-owned and certified for 67 beds, this is a home where the daily staffing numbers and the deficiency history tell the same story.
La Bella Of Morrison runs on a nurse staffing level of 3.04 hours per resident day, roughly 21% under the national average, and weekends dip about 7% below what the home already provides on weekdays. The bigger red flag is turnover: 100% of nursing staff left over the past year, against a national rate near 46%. On the inspection side, the record shows 47 deficiencies, including 5 at the harm or jeopardy level and 5 tied to abuse, plus three fines totaling $65,860. The most recent inspection was March 5, 2025. Ownership is a for-profit limited liability company, and the staffing star rating sits at 1 out of 5.
La Bella Of Woodstock runs on 2.83 nurse hours per resident day, about 27% under the national average, and weekends drop roughly 12% below its own weekday staffing. The inspection record is the bigger issue: 87 deficiencies, 13 of them serious enough to put residents at risk of harm, plus 29 abuse-related citations and seven fines totaling just under $600,000. A 1-star inspection rating and 1-star staffing rating sit alongside a 3-star quality measure score, which mostly reflects how well the home documents care, not how much of it residents actually get. The most recent inspection was June 2025, so the record is current, not stale.
Piatt County Nursing Home is county-owned, and its 4.15 nurse hours per resident day sit about 7% above the national average, but that average hides a weekend drop of roughly 17%, so the coverage your family sees on a Tuesday isn't what shows up on a Sunday. Turnover runs 56.1% against a national 45.8%, and the record carries 32 deficiencies, six of them at harm or jeopardy level and four tied to abuse, plus three fines totaling $182,948. The last inspection was June 2025. Staffing and quality measures both score low, and the inspection history is where the real weight sits.
Evercare Of Granite City looks decent on paper in two places: its health inspection and quality measure ratings each sit at four out of five stars, and the last inspection was recent, September 2025. But the staffing number is the one that should worry you. At 2.45 nurse hours per resident per day, this home runs about 37 percent below the national average, weekends dip another 18 percent below its own weekday level, and annual turnover hits 78.3 percent against a national 45.8, meaning most of the people caring for your relative are new, and there are fewer of them on Saturdays and Sundays. Add 21 deficiencies, four of them harm-level and three abuse-related, plus $32,523 in fines, and the inspection stars stop telling the whole story.
Randolph County Care Center runs on thin margins where it counts. Nurse staffing sits just under the national average, and weekends drop roughly 9% below what the home staffs on weekdays, so the coverage your family sees Monday may not be there Saturday. Turnover tells a bigger story: 60% of staff leave each year, well above the 45.8% national figure, which means unfamiliar faces at the bedside. On inspections, the record shows 21 deficiencies, four serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy and five tied to abuse, with two fines totaling $172,932. The last full inspection was April 2024. County-run and 100 beds, but the numbers carry real weight.
Mado Healthcare - Uptown runs on 2.87 nurse hours per resident day, roughly a quarter below the national average, and weekends dip even further, about 12% under its own weekday staffing. That thin coverage shows up in the record: 33 deficiencies, including 2 at the harm or jeopardy level and 5 tied to abuse, plus $123,614 in fines across two cases. The one number that runs the other way is turnover at 29.9%, better than the 45.8% national average, so the staff who are there tend to stay. The last inspection was November 2024, so the picture is current.
St. Anthony's has been cited 56 times on its current record, and nine of those deficiencies put residents in immediate harm or jeopardy, seven involved abuse. The state fined the home four times, totaling $557,075, and the most recent inspection in February 2025 shows the problems are ongoing, not historical. On all three federal measures, health inspections, quality measures, and staffing, CMS scored the home 1 out of 5. It's a for-profit limited liability company with 130 certified beds. When a home carries this many harm-level and abuse citations alongside maximum fines, the pattern points to resident safety, not paperwork, as the core failure. Families considering placement here should ask the administrator directly what has changed since that February inspection.
Fair Havens runs 154 beds in Decatur under for-profit LLC ownership, and the numbers that matter most here are the ones CMS flags hardest. Its health inspection rating sits at 1 out of 5, with 93 deficiencies on the current record, 9 of them at harm or jeopardy level and 17 tied to abuse. Four fines total $277,416, and CMS has placed the home in its Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the homes with the most persistent problems. Nurse staffing runs just below the national average at 3.73 hours per resident day, weekends drop about 15% below weekdays, and turnover hits 51.9% against a 45.8% national figure. The December 2025 inspection is recent.
Claridge Healthcare Center is a 231-bed for-profit home in Lake Bluff, and its record with CMS is about as bad as it gets. Seventy deficiencies on the current inspection record, seven of them at the level where a resident was actually harmed or put in immediate jeopardy, and twelve tied to abuse. Staffing sits at one out of five stars, well below what CMS expects for a building this size, and the quality measure score is barely better at two. Three fines totaling more than $241,000, and CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, the designation reserved for the poorest performers in the country. The most recent inspection was June 6, 2024. When you tour, ask directly how they're addressing the abuse findings and what staffing looks like on nights and weekends.
Little Village runs on 2.37 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 39% under the national average, and weekends drop about 27% below what the home itself staffs on weekdays. That thin coverage sits behind a record of 51 deficiencies, nine of them at harm or jeopardy level and 11 tied to abuse, plus a $54,464 fine and a December 2024 inspection. Turnover, at 33.3%, is actually better than the 45.8% national figure, so the problem here isn't retention, it's how few hands are scheduled against a for-profit, limited-liability operation where federal ratings land at 2/5 for inspections and 1/5 for both quality measures and staffing.
Frequently asked questions
How many independently owned nursing homes are there in Illinois?
There are 186 independently owned Medicare-certified nursing homes in Illinois, 28% of the 667 nursing homes there.
Are independently owned nursing homes better staffed?
In Illinois they average 3.85 total nursing hours per resident per day, against 3.45 for all nursing homes in Illinois, a difference of +0.4 hours. Staff turnover averages 43.4% against 44.5%.
Which independently owned nursing home grades best in Illinois?