Nursing home
Amberwood Care Centre
2313 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Citadel Healthcare (13 facilities) · 135 certified beds
Amberwood Care Centre is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Rockford, Illinois. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.27 hours per resident per day, below the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Sep 11, 2024 cited 11 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Amberwood Care Centre 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) | 3.27 | 3.49 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.39 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.23 | 2.13 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.3% | 45.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 11.0 | 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 Amberwood Care Centre
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for 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 · Feb 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate foot care.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 1, 2025 · 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 · May 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2024 · 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 · Sep 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for 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 · Sep 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 11, 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
- 2313 North Rockton Avenue
Rockford, IL 61103 - CMS certification #
- 145908
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 135
- Avg residents/day
- 126.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-11-01
- Chain
- Citadel Healthcare (13 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Citadel Healthcare
Citadel Healthcare operates 13 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Citadel Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2010
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 Apr 7, 2014 to Apr 4, 2016. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Amberwood Care Centre (Amberwood Care Centre, LLC). Case 1784173.
- Findings for May 31, 2010 to May 30, 2012. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $45,551 owed to 31 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Amberwood Care Centre (Amberwood Care Centre, LLC). Case 1658424.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford. 0.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital -SNF, Rockford. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Mercyhealth At Home, Rockford. 0.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 61103 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Rockford Dialysis, Rockford, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Owen Center Home Training, Rockford, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Care Center Rockford LLC, Rockford, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 61103.
Vna Hospice, office in Rockford, 0.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Northern Illinois Hospice, office in Rockford, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Heartland Hospice (Rockford), office in Rockford, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Mercy Health System Corporation, Janesville. 24.6 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Amberwood Care Centre a good nursing home?
CMS gives Amberwood Care Centre 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 Amberwood Care Centre staffed?
Amberwood Care Centre reports 3.27 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Amberwood Care Centre had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Amberwood Care Centre have?
Amberwood Care Centre is certified for 135 beds.