91/100
Excellent
Lake Forest Place
1100 Pembridge Drive, Lake Forest, IL 60045
- Certified beds
- 50
- Occupancy
- 95%
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Accepts
- Medicare
Our read on Lake Forest Place
Lake Forest Place runs on a genuinely strong staffing base: 5.55 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 44% above the national average, which is the kind of margin that shows up in day-to-day care. Weekend coverage dips about 12% below its own weekday levels, so ask how that plays out on Saturdays and Sundays. Staff turnover sits at 33.3%, meaningfully better than the 45.8% national figure, and the nonprofit ownership may help explain the stability. Against that, the current record carries 14 deficiencies, two of them serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, and the last full inspection was in December 2024.
Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.
How this grade was calculated
Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.
A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.
Inspection safety
30/30Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.
- →No citations recorded in the last 3 years
Staffing
29/30Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.
- →5.54 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
- →2.38 RN hours per resident per day
- →Weekend staffing drops 12% against weekdays
Staff stability
15/15How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.
- →33% of nursing staff left in the last year
Resident outcomes
9/15The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.
- →3 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating
Enforcement history
8/10Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.
- →No federal fines on record
- →-2 for 1 denial(s) of Medicare payment for new admissions
Staffing, against the national average
Full detailHours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.
RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.
The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.
The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.
Recent inspection findings
Last standard health inspection: December 12, 2024 (1 year ago). No citations were recorded.
No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.
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Common questions about Lake Forest Place
What is the ElderGrade for Lake Forest Place? +
Lake Forest Place holds an ElderGrade of A (91 out of 100), which we describe as "excellent". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.
How many nursing hours does each resident get at Lake Forest Place? +
Residents receive an average of 5.55 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.
Has Lake Forest Place been cited for harming residents? +
No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
Does Lake Forest Place accept Medicaid? +
CMS lists this facility as Medicare, so it is not recorded as Medicaid certified. Confirm directly with the home before admission.
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