★★★★★CMS 5/556 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.62 /day
- Staff turnover
- 41%
- Serious cites
- 0
Alden Estates Of Skokie runs 4.62 nurse hours per resident day, roughly 20% above the national average, and its 41% turnover sits below the national 45.8%. Those are real strengths. But the record shows three deficiencies, one at the harm or jeopardy level, and staffing drops about 12% on weekends compared with its own weekdays, a pattern families should ask about directly. The most recent inspection was September 2025. For-profit corporate ownership. Ask about the harm-level deficiency and what changed since.
★★★★☆CMS 4/5113 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 2.73 /day
- Staff turnover
- 29%
- Serious cites
- 0
Citadel of Skokie runs lean on nursing hours, 2.73 per resident day against a national average of 3.86, with weekends dipping below its own weekday level. That thin coverage sits alongside 19 deficiencies on the current record, four of them at the harm or jeopardy level and two tied to abuse. The ownership is a for-profit corporation, and the fines add up to $27,891 across three penalties. One thing runs in the home's favor: staff turnover of 28.6% beats the national 45.8%, so the people who stay tend to stay. But stable staff can only stretch so far when there are too few of them, and the harm-level findings suggest the margin for error has already been crossed.
★★★★☆CMS 4/5240 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.32 /day
- Staff turnover
- 44%
- Serious cites
- 0
Warren Barr Lieberman runs 240 beds in Skokie under for-profit LLC ownership, and its staffing is the number that stands out first. At 3.32 nurse hours per resident day, it sits about 14 percent under the national average of 3.86, and weekend coverage slips a bit further below its own weekday level. Turnover lands at 44.4 percent, close to the national 45.8 percent. Inspections look solid, a recent May 2025 survey, 20 deficiencies on record, none at the harm level and none abuse-related. The tension is what those inspections didn't catch versus what daily staffing shows: quality measures and staffing both rate two stars, so the care hours and clinical outcomes tell a less steady story than the inspection sheet alone.
★★★★☆CMS 4/593 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 3.37 /day
- Staff turnover
- 43%
- Serious cites
- 0
Alden North Shore runs 3.37 nurse hours per resident day, about 13% under the national average of 3.86, and weekends dip roughly 9% below its own weekday level. Staff turnover sits at 43.3%, slightly better than the 45.8% national figure, but the current record carries 10 deficiencies, five of them at harm or jeopardy level and two abuse-related, plus three fines totaling $107,443. Inspections are recent, June 2025, and the health and quality measure ratings each come in at 4 of 5. The staffing rating is 2 of 5, which is where the tension sits: decent clinical scores on paper, thin coverage on the floor, and a citation history a family should read closely before deciding.
★★★★☆CMS 4/5149 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 2.44 /day
- Staff turnover
- 17%
- Serious cites
- 0
The Grove Of Skokie runs a five-star health inspection record with its most recent survey in May 2025, and only 10 deficiencies on file, two of them serious enough to cause harm. That inspection performance is genuinely strong. The problem sits elsewhere: nurse staffing at 2.44 hours per resident day runs about 37 percent under the national average, and the quality measure score is weak too. One thing that stands out is turnover, 16.7 percent against a national average near 46 percent, which suggests the aides and nurses who are there tend to stay. Weekend coverage holds close to weekday levels, so the shortfall isn't a weekend problem. It's a staffing number that stays low all week.