Avantara Park Ridge
1601 North Western Avenue, Park Ridge, IL 60068 · Cook County · (847) 825-5531
154 certified beds, about 140 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1989
Last standard inspection more than 2 years ago Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
4 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
3 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 145667 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on April 18, 2024, inspectors cited 3 health deficiencies (the Illinois average is 12.6, the national average 9.2).
Of 14 health citations since March 2021, 3 were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents.
CMS lists 1 fine totaling $24,515 in the last three years; the largest was $24,515, and the latest is dated November 2, 2023.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.86 hours per resident per day, against 3.45 across Illinois and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.97 of those hours.
36.6% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Illinois average 44.5%).
CMS links it to Legacy Healthcare, an affiliated group of 95 nursing homes.
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
403/21
312/22
111/23
304/24
109/24
101/25
105/25
Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 14 health citations on file.
Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
3G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
6D
2E
3F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
May 30, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to follow their policy to provide professional care and services in an environment free from misappropriation of property from one (R2) of three residents reviewed for misappropriation of property. This failure resulted to R2 missing her money in the sum of $50.00.
January 13, 2025Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure medications were administered within one hour of their scheduled administration time for 3 of 6 residents ( R11, R12, and R13) reviewed for medication administration in the sample of 14.
September 16, 2024Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- G Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to a.) ensure (R3's) fall risk assessment was accurate b.) failed to implement fall prevention interventions and failed to provide supervision for two ( R2, R3) of four residents reviewed for falls. These failures resulted in the following: R2 fell on [DATE] and on 7/06/24. R3 fell on [DATE] (fall without injury) and R3 also fell on 7/04/24 (7 days later) and sustained a subdural hemorrhage (bleeding inside the head).
April 18, 2024Standard inspection · 3 citations
- E Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to remove expired medications for three (R1, R90, R121) residents from first floor medication carts and house stock medication refrigerator, failed to ensure multi-dose vials and eye drop medications for four (R28, R29, R80, R138) residents were dated upon opening and, failed to remove medications for one (R205) expired resident from the medication cart. These failures have the potential to affect all 66 residents receiving medication from the 1st floor medication carts and Medication room.
- D Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record reviews the facility failed to follow their policy and procedures for activities of daily living by not ensuring a resident received assistance with feeding and personal hygiene as required, and by not ensuring residents who require incontinence care were changed in a timely manner. This failure applies to three of four residents (R93, R121, and R135) reviewed for ADL (Activities of Daily Living) care.
- D Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Inspectors wroteBased on Observations and Interview and Record Review the facility failed to have a five percent (5 %) or lower medication error rate. There were eight (8) medications error out of 31 opportunities, resulting in a 25. 81% medication error rate. These failures affected four (R46, R105, R136, R203) residents observed for medications not administered as ordered.
November 2, 2023Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- G Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews and records reviewed the facility failed to follow fall prevention interventions to include supervision/monitoring and use of assistive/safety devices to prevent the risk of falling. This affected three of three residents (R1-R3) reviewed for falls and fall prevention interventions. This failure resulted in R1 being involved in a fall incident sustaining a fracture of the L4 and L5, Lumbar Spine, and R3 being involved in a fall incident resulting in an Oblique Fracture of the Left Fifth Metatarsal and of the Neck of the Right Radius.
December 15, 2022Standard inspection · 3 citations
- G Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to implement resident specific fall prevention interventions for a resident with severe cognitive impairment for 1 (R6) of 5 residents reviewed for falls in the sample of 42. This failure resulted in R6 being transferred to the hospital's emergency department where he was diagnosed with a hip fracture and had subsequent hip surgery.
- F Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteFACILITY Based on observations and interview, the facility failed to safely maintain proper freezer and food temperatures, failed to follow facility policy and department regulations for safe food temperatures to prevent food-born illness. This failure has the potential to affect all 134 residents who reside at the facility.
- E Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to follow pharmacy medication labeling policy by not noting and implementing open date labels. This applies to 8 of 54 (R6, R27, R40, R51, R54, R68, R266, and R318) residents' medications in four of five medication carts during the medication storage and labeling task. Findings Include: On [DATE] at 03:00 PM Surveyor conducted inspection of medication cart (1-9) on Friendship unit. Surveyor observed opened and undated or dated inappropriately medications for: [...]
March 4, 2021Standard inspection · 4 citations
- F Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to properly dispose of debris and loose medications in the medication cart, failed to ensure that medications are stored with proper label, and failed to remove expired medications from the medication cart. This failure has the potential to affect all 132 residents currently receiving medications from the facility.
- F Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interview, and record review, the facility failed to properly monitor the dishwashing machine to ensure correct functioning, failed to follow their policy to maintain the cleanliness and sanitation of the kitchen and food service equipment, and failed to follow their policy and procedures on dented cans. This failure applies to 132 residents currently in the facility.
- D Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to maintain a medication error rate below 5% by failing to administer medications on time as ordered. There were 26 opportunities with 3 errors resulting in a 11.5% error rate. This applied to one ( R54) resident observed during the medication pass.
- D Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to follow a physician order for resident to be on NPO (Nothing by Mouth) status by continuing to provide a resident with an oral food diet. This failure affected one resident (R117) reviewed for therapeutic diets.
Fire safety inspections
28 fire safety citations on file: 10 on April 18, 2024, 12 on December 15, 2022, 6 on March 4, 2021.
Every fire safety citation28 citations
- F Establish policies and procedures for sheltering.
- F Install a two-hour-resistant firewall separation.
- F Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- F Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- E Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
- E Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
- E Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke.
- E Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- E Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
- F Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
- F Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- F Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke.
- F Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- E Install a two-hour-resistant firewall separation.
- E Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
- E Have stairways and smokeproof enclosures used as exits that meet safety requirements.
- E Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- E Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- D Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
- D Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- D Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
- F Install a two-hour-resistant firewall separation.
- F Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- E Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- E Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- E Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Fines and payment denials
| Date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2023 | Fine | $24,515 |
A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stopped paying for new admissions for that period.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 3.86 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.97 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.75 | 3.07 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.18 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.71 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 36.6% | 44.5% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 13.6% | 41.8% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 4.78 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 3.91 on weekdays and 3.75 on weekends, 4% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 16.7% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.90 in April to June 2025 to 3.86 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.86 | 0.97 | 3.91 | 3.75 | 16.7% | 0 of 90 | 140 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 3.89 | 0.91 | 3.93 | 3.78 | 15.1% | 0 of 92 | 138 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 3.96 | 0.87 | 3.99 | 3.88 | 14.4% | 0 of 92 | 134 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 3.90 | 0.80 | 3.93 | 3.82 | 13.1% | 0 of 91 | 137 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Illinois, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.26 | 0.65 | 3.40 | 2.92 | 5.4% | 0.6% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 6.6 | 13.4 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 6.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 23.2 | 21.7 | 15.4 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 27.6 | 26.1 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 8.8 | 13.8 | 12.0 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: AVANTARA PARK RIDGE, LLC. CMS links this home to Legacy Healthcare, a group of 95 nursing homes averaging 2.9 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doros Generation Trust U/a/D 1/3/12 | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 5% | 01/01/2017 |
| Gpn Family Trust U/a/D 4/28/08 | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 5% | 01/01/2017 |
| Israel, Benjamin | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 14% | 01/01/2017 |
| Rajchenbach, Chaim | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 15% | 01/01/2017 |
| Shabat, Menachem | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 15% | 01/01/2017 |
| Shabat, Ronald | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Individual | 5% | 01/01/2017 |
| Levy, Erin | W-2 managing employee | Individual | 11/07/2016 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 6 problems in this area, most recently on January 13, 2025: "Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on September 16, 2024: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
- Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on December 15, 2022: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
- How are allegations of abuse or neglect reported and investigated, and who tells the family?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on May 30, 2025: "Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money."
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Illinois contacts for a concern about a nursing home
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- Inspections and complaints: Illinois Department of Public Health, Nursing Homes, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Illinois Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, Illinois Department on Aging, 1-800-252-8966. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
- State inspection reports: IDPH Quarterly Reports of Nursing Home Violators, where Illinois publishes its own records on licensed homes.
Common questions
- What is Avantara Park Ridge's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Avantara Park Ridge 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Avantara Park Ridge get at its last inspection?
- 3 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on April 18, 2024. The Illinois average is 12.6.
- Has Avantara Park Ridge been fined?
- Yes. CMS lists 1 fine totaling $24,515 in the last three years.
- Does Avantara Park Ridge accept Medicaid?
- It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
- Who owns Avantara Park Ridge?
- CMS lists 7 owners and managers, and links the home to Legacy Healthcare. Legal business name: AVANTARA PARK RIDGE, LLC.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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