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ELEVATE CARE WAUKEGAN

An independent review of Elevate Care Waukegan's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

2222 AUDREY NIXON BOULEVARD · WAUKEGAN, IL 60085 · 265 beds
Phone: 8472492400
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs below-average staffing; $65,554 in federal fines. How we grade · See how it compares
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Recent News August 2026 federal update

Federal abuse indicator removed from the record

In the August 2026 federal update, the federal abuse indicator was no longer present on this facility's record.

These changes are drawn from the U.S. federal (CMS) nursing home data. The facts are CMS's; the explanations are Open Care Data's. Federal data updates periodically and can lag current conditions. Operate this facility? Add context or report a correction.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
★★
2 / 5
Staffing
★★
2 / 5
Health Inspection
★★
2 / 5
Quality Measures
★★★
3 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (2 of 5 stars).
  • $65,554 in federal fines across 5 penalties.
  • Staffing rating is in the bottom tier, often the strongest predictor of care quality.
  • 17 deficiency citations on record in the last three years.

How it compares vs. 668 IL nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 37% of IL homes
Staffing rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 45% of IL homes
Health-inspection rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 20% of IL homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
2.95643hrs
Better than 26% of IL homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.62068hrs
Better than 52% of IL homes
RN turnover
29.2%
Better than 69% of IL homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Illinois, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

5
Fines
$65,554
Total fines
0
Payment denials
5
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.62068
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
2.95643
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
1.75748
Weekend nursing hours / day
Look for parity with weekdays

Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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