Nursing homes across Lake County, Illinois, graded on the federal inspection
record, nurse staffing and staff turnover. County rank is shown on each home's profile.
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.
Alpine Care Of Zion runs 244 certified beds under for-profit LLC ownership, and its nurse staffing sits at 2.86 hours per resident day, roughly 26 percent under the national average of 3.86. Weekends drop about 17 percent below its own weekday levels, and annual turnover of 48.2 percent runs slightly above the national figure of 45.8 percent, so the aide or nurse your relative sees most often may not be there next year. The current record lists 44 deficiencies, three at harm or jeopardy level and two abuse-related, along with three fines totaling $72,394. The most recent inspection was August 2025, so the picture is current, not stale.
Serenity Estates of Lincolnshire runs on 2.97 nurse hours per resident per day, roughly a quarter below the national figure, and it thins out further on weekends. That staffing picture is hard to separate from a 99% annual turnover rate, meaning the aides and nurses in the building are largely new to it, more than double the churn seen at the typical U.S. home. The inspection record is heavier still: 61 deficiencies, ten serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, six tied to abuse, and $343,139 in fines across eight penalties. The most recent state visit was April 2025. A for-profit limited liability company operates the 144-bed home.