Nursing home
Briar Place Nursing
6800 West Joliet, Indian Head Park, IL 60525 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Saba Healthcare (11 facilities) · 232 certified beds
Briar Place Nursing is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Indian Head Park, Illinois. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 1.86 hours per resident per day, below the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Nov 20, 2024 cited 14 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 5 fines totaling $169,061In CMS records: 6 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Briar Place Nursing 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) | 1.86 | 3.49 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.30 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.13 | 2.13 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 57.3% | 45.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 14.0 | 12.1 | 9.5 | above 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 5 fines totaling $169,061, 6 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Briar Place Nursing
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
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jun 26, 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 · May 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 20, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Nov 20, 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
- 6800 West Joliet
Indian Head Park, IL 60525 - CMS certification #
- 145784
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 232
- Avg residents/day
- 206.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1994-02-01
- Chain
- Saba Healthcare (11 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Saba Healthcare
Saba Healthcare operates 11 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Saba 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
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, pets allowed
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Briar Place Nursing says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
We provide 24-hour, 7 days a week skilled nursing care for those requiring short-term rehabilitation …
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
We’re a pet friendly facility, so long as the pet is up to date with required vaccinations, we welcome resident family pets to visit.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange, La Grange. 1.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Eden Vista Burr Ridge, Burr Ridge. 2.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- United Caregivers, Inc, Burr Ridge. 1.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 2.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60525 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Willowbrook, Willowbrook, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Summit, Summit, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Hickory Hills Dialysis, Hickory Hills, 5.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 35 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60525.
Moments Hospice Of Chicago South LLC, office in Willowbrook, 2.3 miles away, straight line
Orion Hospice And Palliative Care Inc, office in Willowbrook, 2.7 miles away, straight line
Adventist St Thomas Hospice, office in Hinsdale, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Effie Mathew, MD, Burr Ridge. 1.6 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 high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, 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.
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 | Nothing on record |
| 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: 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Briar Place Nursing a good nursing home?
CMS gives Briar Place Nursing an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Briar Place Nursing staffed?
Briar Place Nursing reports 1.86 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Briar Place Nursing had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 14 deficiencies.
How many beds does Briar Place Nursing have?
Briar Place Nursing is certified for 232 beds.