Aperion Care International

Kitchen inspections

The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.

Chicago Department of Public Health: Asperion Care International

• Apr 9, 2025 (canvass re-inspection): Pass.
  3 violations

  • Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control. Inspector’s note: 3-501.15(b): observed container of soup in the walk-in cooler covered with food-grade plastic wrap while cooling. instructed to store tcs food items loosely-covered or uncovered (if protected from overhead contamination) while cooling to facilitate heat transfer and maintain.
  • Personal cleanliness. Inspector’s note: 2-303.11: observed food employees wearing wrist jewelry while handling and preparing open foods. instructed to prohibit jewelry (except for a plain ring such as a wedding band) worn on the arms and hands for food handlers when preparing or handling open foods and maintain.
  • Sewage & waste water properly disposed. Inspector’s note: 5-403.12: observed coffee machine condensate hose discharging into coffee area dipper well. instructed to relocate condensate hose to discharge directly into floor-mounted drain beneath coffee machine and maintain.
• Apr 4, 2025 (canvass): Pass w/ Conditions.
  4 violations

  • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized (Priority). Inspector’s note: observed high-temperature dish machine unable to reach minimum final rinse water temperature of 180.0f at time of inspection. machine reaching from 130.0f to 135.0f final rinse temperature on-site. tagged high-temperature dish machine with tag instructing facility to contact cdph once machine is ...
  • Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control. Inspector’s note: observed container of soup in the walk-in cooler covered with food-grade plastic wrap while cooling. instructed to store tcs food items loosely-covered or uncovered (if protected from overhead contamination) while cooling to facilitate heat transfer and maintain.
  • Personal cleanliness. Inspector’s note: observed food employees wearing wrist jewelry while handling and preparing open foods. instructed to prohibit jewelry (except for a plain ring such as a wedding band) worn on the arms and hands for food handlers when preparing or handling open foods and maintain.
  • Sewage & waste water properly disposed. Inspector’s note: observed coffee machine condensate hose discharging into coffee area dipper well. instructed to relocate condensate hose to discharge directly into floor-mounted drain beneath coffee machine and maintain.
• Mar 12, 2024 (complaint): Pass w/ Conditions.
  7 violations

  • City of chicago food service sanitation certificate (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: observed person in charge without original city of chicago food service manager certificate on site while preparing and handling time and temperature control for safety(tcs) foods during inspection. presented servsafe cert with 01/14/2023 exam date. informed person in charge of city of chicago ...
  • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized. Inspector’s note: observed ice scooper being stored on top of the ice machine with the food contact surface exposed. instructed on how to store ice scoop between uses properly.
  • Personal cleanliness. Inspector’s note: observed food handler prepping food without hair restraint. instructed the person in charge that all food handlers must wear a hair restraint.
  • Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: observed 1-compartment sink stopper not working in the dish washing area. instructed manager must provide working stoppers at all prep and 3-compartment sinks.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed clutter stored on the floor in the rear dry storage room where paper cups are stored. instructed manager to remove all unused/unnecessary articles and equipment to prevent pest harborage.
  • Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: observed a burned-out lightbulb in the rear dry storage area near the dish and the rear where trays are stored. instructed to replace bulb and maintain lighting in the unit.
  • All food employees have food handler training. Inspector’s note: observed expired food handler certificates. instructed to maintain records at all times.

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Pass: No critical or serious violations found. Pass w/ Conditions: Critical or serious violations found and corrected during the inspection. Fail: Critical or serious violations not corrected during the inspection. Priority / Priority Foundation / Core: The city's severity levels under the 2017 Chicago Food Code; Priority is the most serious.

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 Dec 22, 2016 to Feb 28, 2017. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Back wages: $9,840 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Aperion Care Intl. (International Nursing & Rehab). Case 1810740.

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

Holy Cross Hospital, Chicago. 2.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

California Terrace, Chicago. 2.4 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Central Healthcare, Inc, Chicago. 1.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Walgreens. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 60609 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Davita Brighton Park Dialysis, Chicago, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc - New City, Chicago, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Emerald Dialysis, Chicago, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)

Hospice

37 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60609.
Unity Hospice Of Chicagoland, LLC, office in Chicago, 3.8 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, 9.6 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Oak Street Health Physicians Group PC, Chicago. 2.8 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 moderate, coastal flooding very low, tornado relatively 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.

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.