Assisted Living
Pioneer Gardens
3800 South Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653 · Map
State license activePioneer Gardens is a state-licensed assisted living community in Chicago, Illinois. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
This community does not publish its prices.
Area costs
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
License
Active
Supportive Living Program (HFS).
Nearest emergency room
1.4 miles
Insight Hospital And Medical Center Chicago, rated 1 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Gardens this community | Not listed | Not published | Active | No record | |
| New City | 2.8 mi | Not listed | Not published | Active | No record |
| Montgomery Place (Assisted Living and Memory Care) | 2.9 mi | 19 | Not published | Unknown | 8 rule sections cited in 3 years |
| Barton Senior Residents of Chicago | 3.9 mi | Not listed | Not published | Active | No record |
| Churchview Supportive Living | 4.9 mi | Not listed | Not published | Active | No record |
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Supportive Living Program (HFS)
- License status
- Active
- County
- Cook County
Source: Illinois state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsOn the Illinois list of Medicaid providers (2026)
On the Illinois list of Medicaid providers. Listed as Pioneer Gardens under Supportive Living Program (HFS). (state list, as of Sep 9, 2026)
Being on the list means the community has taken part in the program. Ask whether it has a Medicaid opening now, and how many residents it serves on Medicaid.
How Medicaid pays for care in Illinois
- Supportive Living Program (SLP). The Supportive Living Program, run by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, is a service-enriched housing option for Medicaid-eligible people 65 and older, and adults 22 to 64 with physical disabilities, who would otherwise need nursing facility care. (state page)
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.4 mi, nursing home 0.6 mi, pharmacy 1.5 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Insight Hospital And Medical Center Chicago, Chicago. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Ryze on the Avenue, Chicago. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Comprehensive Quality Care, Inc Foundation, Chicago. 0.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Outpatient Pharmacy. 1.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60653 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Kenwood Home Training Pd, Chicago, 0.8 miles away, straight line
Davita Kenwood Dialysis, Chicago, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Emerald Dialysis, Chicago, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 30 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60653.
Unity Hospice Of Chicagoland, LLC, office in Chicago, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Chicago Hope & Palliative Healthcare Inc, office in Palos Hills, 13.0 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois, Chicago. 1.4 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour9 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked14 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Health Care Regulation inspection records | Oct 16, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Illinois Medicaid provider list | Sep 9, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Chicago Department of Public Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Pioneer Gardens provide?
Pioneer Gardens is licensed by the state of Illinois for assisted living in Chicago, Illinois.
Does Lilisity rate Pioneer Gardens?
No. We publish state licensing details for Pioneer Gardens but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Pioneer Gardens cost?
Assisted Living in Cook County typically starts at $4,200 to $5,650 a month. Based on 22 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Pioneer Gardens does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Pioneer Gardens?
Use Pioneer Gardens's website, pioneergardenscommunity.com, or visit at 3800 South Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid