Nursing home
Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac
300 West Lowell, Pontiac, IL 61764 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Accolade Healthcare (6 facilities) · 97 certified beds
Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Pontiac, Illinois. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.03 hours per resident per day, above the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Jun 4, 2025 cited 8 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac compares
This facility vs. the Illinois and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Illinois avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.03 | 3.49 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.68 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.71 | 2.13 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 55.4% | 45.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 8.0 | 12.1 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 300 West Lowell
Pontiac, IL 61764 - CMS certification #
- 146010
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 97
- Avg residents/day
- 74.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2001-11-15
- Chain
- Accolade Healthcare (6 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Accolade Healthcare
Accolade Healthcare operates 6 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Accolade Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2017
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2025, 7 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Aug 2, 2017 to Jun 28, 2018. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,792 owed to 12 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac (Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac LLC). Case 1856528.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jan 16, 2025: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Sep 30, 2025. 7 violations cited (7 other). Penalties: $12,661 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Portable fire extinguishers (1910.157(c)(1)). Penalty $5,426 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 26, 2025.
- Other than serious: Design and construction of exit routes (1910.36(g)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 26, 2025.
- Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(7)(i)). Penalty $7,235 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 26, 2025.
- Other than serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(b)(1)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 26, 2025.
- Other than serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(b)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 26, 2025.
- Other than serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 26, 2025.
- Other than serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(5)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 26, 2025.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Gibson Community Hospital, Gibson City. 30.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Evenglow Lodge, Pontiac. 0.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Osf Home Health-Eastern Region, Bloomington. 30.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 61764 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Pontiac, Pontiac, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 61764.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Empowerme Medical Group PC, Bloomington. 29.0 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 risk
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 very high, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, 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.
What we checked
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 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac a good nursing home?
CMS gives Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac staffed?
Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac reports 4.03 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 8 deficiencies.
How many beds does Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac have?
Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac is certified for 97 beds.