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Citadel Care Center-Wilmette

432 Poplar Drive, Wilmette, IL 60091 · Cook County · (847) 216-5000

80 certified beds, about 59 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 1997

CMS high performing icon Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
3 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 145932 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on April 9, 2026, inspectors cited 1 health deficiency (the Illinois average is 12.6, the national average 9.2).

None of its 4 health citations since December 2023 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.62 hours per resident per day, against 3.45 across Illinois and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.81 of those hours.

26.8% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Illinois average 44.5%).

CMS links it to Citadel Healthcare, an affiliated group of 16 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.

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 4 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
4D
0E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
April 9, 2026Standard inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
    F755 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 17, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure that the residents' controlled medications were properly received and documented on according to facility policy by failing to: 1. Maintain documentation of receiving controlled medications, upon receipt of medication into the facility and maintaining administration information for controlled medications; this deficient practice affected two (R1 and R8) of two residents. This deficient practice affected two (R1 and R8) of two residents reviewed for controlled medication management in the sample of 60 and has the potential to affect all residents prescribed controlled medications in the facility.
February 20, 2025Standard inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
    F758 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 4, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to follow their policy related to psychotropic medications and ensure one resident (R49) was free from unnecessary psychotropic medications. Findings Include: R49 is an [AGE] year-old female who admitted to the facility on [DATE] and continues to reside in the facility. R49 has multiple diagnoses including but not limited to the following: difficulty in walking, lack of coordination, and osteoarthritis. Per physician orders resident is receiving Quetiapine Fumarate Oral Tablet 25 mg - Give 0.5 tablet by mouth at bedtime for sleep/anxiety. On 2/19/2025 at 12:25PM, R49 was noted to be calm and alert and oriented with no behaviors. On 2/19/2025 at 1:30PM, V2 (Director of Nursing) said, R49 came to the facility already receiving an antipsychotic medication. [...]
April 25, 2024Standard inspection · 0 citations
December 11, 2023Complaint inspection · 2 citations
  1. D
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 18, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to safely transfer a resident (R1) with a mechanical lift. This applies to 1 of 3 residents reviewed for safety & supervision in the sample of 4.
  2. D
    Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
    F690 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 18, 2023
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to perform incontinence care and provide catheter care in a manner to prevent urinary tract infections for 1 resident. The facility also failed to position a resident's urinary catheter bag off the floor for 1 resident. These failures apply to 2 of 3 residents (R1, R2) reviewed for incontinence care in the sample of 4.

Fire safety inspections

18 fire safety citations on file: 8 on February 20, 2025, 4 on April 25, 2024, 6 on April 14, 2023.

Every fire safety citation18 citations
  1. F
    Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
    E 39 · February 20, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. F
    Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
    K 712 · February 20, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. E
    Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
    K 211 · February 20, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. E
    Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
    K 223 · February 20, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. E
    Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
    K 293 · February 20, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. E
    Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
    K 311 · February 20, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. E
    Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
    K 321 · February 20, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. E
    Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
    K 345 · February 20, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  9. F
    Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.
    K 531 · April 25, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  10. E
    Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
    K 321 · April 25, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  11. E
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · April 25, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  12. D
    Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
    K 920 · April 25, 2024 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  13. F
    Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
    K 291 · April 14, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  14. E
    Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
    K 211 · April 14, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  15. E
    Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
    K 223 · April 14, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  16. E
    Have exits that are accessible at all times.
    K 271 · April 14, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  17. E
    Ensure that waiting areas, nurse’s stations, gift shops, and cooking facilities, open to the corridor are properly protected.
    K 361 · April 14, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  18. E
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · April 14, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeIllinoisUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)3.623.453.86
Registered nurses0.810.720.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.223.073.42
Nurse aides2.11
Licensed practical nurses0.70
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)26.8%44.5%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover27.3%41.8%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 5.13 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 3.78 on weekdays and 3.22 on weekends, 15% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.81 in April to June 2025 to 3.62 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.620.813.783.22 0.0%0 of 9059
Oct to Dec 20253.640.733.803.23 0.0%0 of 9259
Jul to Sep 20253.940.734.133.45 0.0%0 of 9256
Apr to Jun 20253.810.773.993.35 0.7%0 of 9160
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Illinois, Jan to Mar 20263.260.653.402.925.4%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.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review.

Official wage estimates for Illinois

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Illinois, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$22.10$18.95 to $23.2668,640
LPNs and LVNs$36.06$30.57 to $38.2517,440
Registered nurses$46.15$38.47 to $50.94138,910
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

How staff pay reports work · CNA pay by state

Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeIllinoisUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
5.313.413.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.00.90.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.51.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.33.13.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.32.21.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
4.314.314.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.54.84.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
34.721.715.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
23.926.123.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
12.713.812.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
4.02.01.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.32.21.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Citadel Care Center-Wilmette's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (64.3% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

64.3% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Illinois: 106 better, 85 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 251 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

8.9% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Illinois: 2 better, 14 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 258 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

6.6% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Illinois: 3 better, 10 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 159 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

82.9% this home

Median of homes: Illinois50.0% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 105 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.0% this home

Median of homes: Illinois0.3% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 162 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.0% this home

Median of homes: Illinois1.5% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 162 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

100.0% this home

Median of homes: Illinois100.0% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 66 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: CITADEL CARE CENTER-WILMETTE LLC. CMS links this home to Citadel Healthcare, a group of 16 nursing homes averaging 2.9 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Graf, MarcellaDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Gross, ShoshanaDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Kohen, YakovDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Kroll, GabrielDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Nagel, StevenDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Ollman, JonathanDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Proctor, KatherineDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Ripstein, KennethDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Teller, IlanaDirect ownership interestIndividual12/15/2023
Aaron, JonathanOperational/managerial controlIndividual12/15/2023
Graf, MarcellaOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/24/2022
Olugbermiga, AdetolaOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/01/2024
Robin, JasonOperational/managerial controlIndividual05/01/2024
Berger, MenachemIndividual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNFIndividual04/07/2025
Israel, BenjaminIndividual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNFIndividual04/07/2025
Stern, ToddIndividual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNFIndividual04/07/2025
Graf, MarcellaAdp of the SNFIndividual01/24/2022
Olugbermiga, AdetolaAdp of the SNFIndividual10/01/2024
Robin, JasonAdp of the SNFIndividual05/01/2024

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.

  1. How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on April 9, 2026: "Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist."
  2. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on December 11, 2023: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."

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Common questions

What is Citadel Care Center-Wilmette's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Citadel Care Center-Wilmette 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Citadel Care Center-Wilmette get at its last inspection?
1 health deficiency at the standard inspection on April 9, 2026. The Illinois average is 12.6.
Has Citadel Care Center-Wilmette been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Citadel Care Center-Wilmette 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 Citadel Care Center-Wilmette?
CMS lists 19 owners and managers, and links the home to Citadel Healthcare. Legal business name: CITADEL CARE CENTER-WILMETTE LLC.

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