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Independent Living and Assisted Living

Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing

1040 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · Map

Senior Living Alliance member
Independent LivingAlso assisted living
$4,200 to $5,650/moTypical assisted living start in Cook County, from 22 communities that publish prices
20+ interviewsPhone-verified by Senior Living Alliance
State licensedSupportive living program (hfs)

What residents and families say

Verified by phone interview

Senior Living Alliance interviews named residents and family members by phone and records each call. Every testimonial is dated and published as given. How we verify

19 more testimonials
★★★★★

“I fought it for a long time, but I'm very happy here. From the initial tour, management answered all my questions, and anything I ask is answered in a timely manner. They make one of the best salads I've ever had, and the servers are polite and timely. There are lots of activities, in-house and outings to movies and restaurants, plus an art studio. The CNAs are very good and check on you, even between shifts. My family feels very safe with how they check on me. I would recommend it.”

Cora CarterAug 2026
★★★★★

“Overall, we're very pleased with the place. My mom is always enjoying the activities; the lady who runs them always has something going on, and Mom likes the outings too. The chef comes out to ask how everything is, and the servers are very pleasant. Her apartment is kept very clean and always looks tidy. She enjoys the maintenance guy, who is always on it when something breaks. The nursing staff call me right away when anything happens. The price is absolutely fair, and I would highly recommend it.”

Diane DeSalvoMay 2026
★★★★★

“We chose this community because we heard very good things about it from people we knew. Management has been very helpful and attentive to our needs. My mother has been very happy with the food, and housekeeping always keeps her room nice and neat and clean. The caregivers have been very good too. I would definitely recommend it.”

Carol BarnettMar 2026
★★★★★

“The staff are incredibly welcoming and attentive, making my family member feel right at home. The dining experience is delightful, with friendly wait staff who go above and beyond. Activities are engaging, and my family member truly enjoys the New Year's Eve party. Overall, the place is clean, well-maintained, and feels like a community. I highly recommend this community to other people!”

Hillery JohnsonFamily member · Jan 2026
★★★★★

“The management team is incredibly professional and friendly, making us feel welcome from the start. The activities are impressive, with a full calendar of events that keep residents engaged. Housekeeping does a fantastic job, ensuring everything is clean and tidy. Overall, my brother is happy there, and I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a supportive environment.”

Michael BeardenSep 2025
★★★★★

“The management team is professional and always responsive to any inquiries. My brother loves the food, mentioning its great quality and variety. The activities are well-planned and entertaining, keeping him engaged and happy. Housekeeping is consistent, and the facility is well-maintained inside and out. Overall, I would highly recommend this place for anyone looking for a welcoming and supportive environment.”

Russell Smith JrJul 2025
★★★★★

“The management team is incredibly helpful and responsive, making everything feel smooth and welcoming. The food is delicious, with a great variety that my loved one enjoys. The activities are well-planned and engaging, keeping everyone entertained. Overall, it feels like a safe and comfortable place, so I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a supportive community.”

Rhonda LeachmanJul 2025
★★★★★

“My father lives at this community, and we are very pleased with his experience so far! Management does a great job staying on top of things. My father has no complaints about the food there, and there seem to be plenty of activities to keep him entertained! The housekeepers do a great job at keeping his room clean, and taking care of his laundry for him, and the care staff do a great job taking care of him. I would highly recommend this community!”

Johnny CoxFamily member · Father lives here · Dec 2024
★★★★★

“We feel very blessed that we have found a community that meets my mother's needs as well as my needs as her loved one. The care team has gone above and beyond in fulfilling all of our expections. I am just beside myself pleased with this community!”

Stella DixonFamily member · Aug 2024
★★★★★

“The staff here were very understanding that this is very emotional to us as a family. It was hard that mom couldn't maintain her independence as she wanted to and us family members felt guilty that we couldn't do more to help her but they gave us additional emotional support and told us to let them care for her and for us to go back to our role as family. They also provide a lot of activities, they are responsive to issues, and they are very attentive to my mom and her needs. Overall the price is fair for what you get.”

Mary WidemonJun 2024
★★★★★

“We picked this place for my aunt because of the cost and location. We went to a lot of places and others were a good deal higher without as much service. Management is courteous, willing to answer questions, and they actually helped me get her in. The food is good and the servers are nice to the residents. The housekeeping staff helps her and straightens things out. The maintenance man is the best at everything and helped with many things. The yard is manicured well and the building looks spotless. The healthcare staff is respectful, knowledgeable, accessible and responsive. She feels safe and comfortable there.”

Amona IrelandFamily member · May 2024
★★★★★

“We picked this place for mom because it was cleaner than others we visited and she could get her own room. Management is always pleasant and when I visit, her place and bathroom are clean. The building looks well kept and welcoming. Her care is satisfactory and the aides are respectful. She feels safe and comfortable there, and I'd recommend them to others.”

Ethel VirgilFamily member · May 2024
★★★★★

“The staff here does a great job and the care that my sister gets is wonderful. Her room and clothes are always clean and the community itself is very beautiful.”

Alexis CelaniFamily member · Mar 2024
★★★★★

“My mom really likes it here. She loves the food, they have a lot of activities going on and the staff always keep her apartment clean. Overall everyone is very nice to my mom and for what she gets the value is good.”

Bettye FitzpatrickFamily member · Jan 2024
★★★★★

“I was very satisfied. The management staff were always willing to answer any questions that we had and making adjustments that needed to be made. They were very cooperative with us. I can't say enough good things about them. The healthcare staff went over and above their duties to make sure my aunt was comfortable and made sure she ate and came out of her room. They did a really good job and everyone was respectful.The dining staff were really good about the dining and taking her down and bringing her up and even feeding her when she couldn't feed herself. My aunt liked most of the food and there was menu variety. The cleaning of the apartment and the laundry service were very good and the maintenance staff were very helpful and the building was maintained very well. I would definitely recommend this community to others.”

Geraldine TaylorDec 2023
★★★★★

“My mom was referred to this place and she couldn't have found a better place. Her bathroom is well lit, big and she has a shower seat. Management is nice and cordial. They have tons of activities, she loved the Michael Jackson impersonator, and she likes all of the dining dishes. The apartment cleaning is good and the laundry is good too, and I'm a neat freak. Maintenance staff is top notch and the overall appearance is excellent. The care is excellent and people keep me in the loop. In general, all she talks about is how much she loves it there and I'd tell anyone that this is the best place I have ever been in, and I've worked in a couple.”

Bobbie BellFamily member · Sep 2023
★★★★★

“All of the top people that I have talked to have been very helpful and accommodating. They try to make things work on our behalf. The nurses they have are great and the CNA's they have are good as well. The food and activities are very good and with the activities they give them a lot of opportunities to do a lot of things throughout the course of the day. The maintenance staff were very helpful and very friendly and very accommodating and the building looks very well kept. I have already recommended this community to others.”

Johnnie FowlerSep 2023
★★★★★

“We already have recommended this community to others. It is very nice and the staff is very friendly and it's such a clean environment. There isn't even a piece of dust in the corner. It is a real happy environment and the residents seem happy. They make them feel warm and that they care about them. Everything that we saw on the booklet and online is the exact way it is when we have been in there. They have a lot of activities and the thing that I love the most is that some of the seniors don't know too much about computers and they have some kids to come over from the high school to teach them how to work the computers.”

Derrick WarrenJun 2023
★★★★★

“The staff here is always very, kind, patient and polite, the food is always good and there are a lot of different activities to participate in. The building is also very nice inside and out and it is clean.”

Joyce MolnarMay 2023

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About the community

Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living community in Chicago Heights, Illinois. 20+ residents and family members have shared phone-verified testimonials through Senior Living Alliance.

Life at Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing

Private dining room

Dining

Residents eat restaurant-style meals at breakfast, lunch and dinner, and private dining rooms are available on request. A bistro and bar offers happy hour.

Patio

Activities

Programs include exercise classes, book clubs, games and puzzles and community events, with scheduled transportation and off-site excursions. The building has a game room and an arts and crafts studio.

Amenities

  • Fitness center
  • Exercise studio
  • Game room
  • Arts and crafts studio
  • Piano lounge
  • Library
  • Private dining room
  • Bistro and bar
  • Beauty shop and barbershop
  • Patio

Memory care program

Memory care follows Senior Lifestyle's Embrace Memory Care program, built on five pillars: connection, enrichment, challenge, creativity and wellness. It includes Essence aromatherapy, the Thymeless garden-to-table program with indoor hydroponic gardening, Melody music sessions, Bookmarks reading groups and Brain Health University.

Floor plans

2 layouts from Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing’s website. Sizes and prices are as the community lists them; ask which are available now.

Prices

Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.

CareStarting atChecked
Assisted Living$5,635 /moOct 12, 2026

Area costs

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.
Independent Living in Illinois typically starts at $3,800 to $5,050 a month. Based on 58 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price.

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.

  • Provides transportation. Transportation (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
  • Pets allowed. Pet Friendly (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)

How this page is paid for. Lilisity is operated by Senior Living Alliance. Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing is a member and pays SLA for its resident and family interview program. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating or the order of search results. Testimonials come from SLA phone interviews. Prices, license details and inspections come from the community’s published rates and public records. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid

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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

3.7 miles

Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago Heights, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.

License and ownershipActive license
License type
Supportive Living Program (HFS)
License status
Active

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 Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing 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 3.7 mi, nursing home 1.1 mi, pharmacy 2.1 mi
Nearest hospital with an emergency room
Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago Heights, Olympia Fields. 3.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
Nearest Medicare nursing home
Prairie Manor NRSG & Rehab CTR, Chicago Heights. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
Nearest home health agency office
Uchange Inc., Chicago Heights. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
Nearest pharmacy
Walgreens. 2.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
Area
USDA classes ZIP code 60411 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
Dialysis within 15 miles
Davita Chicago Heights Dialysis, Chicago Heights, 0.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc - Chicago Heights, Chicago Heights, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Care Center Vollmer LLC, Chicago Heights, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Hospice
38 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60411.
Midwest Hospice LLC, office in Chicago Heights, 0.1 miles away, straight line
Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care Inc, office in Flossmoor, 3.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Pearl Palliative And Hospice, office in Crete, 4.6 miles away, straight line
Nearest geriatric medicine practice
University Of Chicago, Harvey. 6.6 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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 high; 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 high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, tornado very high, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively 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 tour10 questions picked for this community from its record

Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.

  1. Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
  2. How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
  3. How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
  4. What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
  5. What fees are charged at move-in?
  6. How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
  7. How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
  8. Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
  9. For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
  10. Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked13 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.

SourceData as ofWhat we found
Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Health Care Regulation inspection recordsOct 16, 2026Nothing on record
Illinois Medicaid provider listSep 9, 2026See above
U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour casesOct 15, 2026Nothing on record
OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016Oct 15, 2026Nothing on record
FEMA flood mapSee above
USDA wildfire riskApr 15, 2026Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here
FEMA National Risk IndexSee above
CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmaciesSee above
HUD Multifamily Properties - AssistedJul 6, 2026Nothing on record
State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory)Sep 20, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Hospice - General InformationAug 19, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Home Health Care AgenciesMay 27, 2026Nothing on record
The community’s own websiteSee above
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing provide?

Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing is licensed by the state of Illinois for independent living, assisted living in Chicago Heights, Illinois.

Does Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing have verified testimonials?

Yes. 20+ residents and family members have shared testimonials about Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing through phone interviews verified by Senior Living Alliance.

How much does Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing 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. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.

How do I contact Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing?

Use Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing's website, seniorlifestyle.com/property/illinois/prairie-green-at-dixie-crossing, or visit at 1040 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights, IL 60411.

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