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Buckingham Pavilion

2625 West Touhy Avenue, Chicago, IL 60645 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 235 certified beds

Medicare and Medicaid certified
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Buckingham Pavilion is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Chicago, Illinois. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.70 hours per resident per day, below the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Nov 15, 2024 cited 9 deficiencies.

3 out of 5Overall CMS rating
4 out of 5Health inspections
1 out of 5Staffing
235 bedsCertified beds

CMS quality ratings

Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.

Overall rating3/5
Health inspections4/5
Staffing1/5
Quality measures3/5
Long-stay quality4/5
Short-stay quality2/5

How Buckingham Pavilion 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.

MetricThis facilityIllinois avgNational avgCompared with the state
Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day)2.703.493.89below avg
RN staffing (hrs/resident/day)0.670.730.68below avg
Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day)1.812.132.34below avg
Nursing staff turnover60.9%45.7%46.4%above avg
Deficiencies cited, last inspection9.012.19.5below avg

Staffing

Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.

2.70Total nurse hrs/resident/day
0.67RN hrs/resident/day
0.22LPN hrs/resident/day
1.81Aide hrs/resident/day
2.56Weekend nurse hrs/resident/day

Staff turnover

Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.

Total nursing staff60.9%
Registered nurses55.6%
Administrator changes0 in last year

Recent health inspection

CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.

Nov 15, 2024Most recent inspection
9Deficiencies found
36Health inspection score
0Fines
  • Every deficiency from the December 5, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 19, 2025

What inspectors found at Buckingham Pavilion

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

    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 5, 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 · Dec 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
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  • 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 · Dec 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

    Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
  • 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 · Nov 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

    Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 15, 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
2625 West Touhy Avenue
Chicago, IL 60645
CMS certification #
145285
Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Certified beds
235
Avg residents/day
107.2
Provider type
Medicare and Medicaid
First certified
1975-04-14
Setting
Urban

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Location and nearby

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Other public records

  • Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, diabetes care
  • Kitchen 2 inspections by Chicago Department of Public Health since 2024; latest Pass (May 2025)
  • Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2023
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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: Buckingham Pavillion INC

  • May 30, 2025 (canvass): Pass.
    1 violation
    • Non-food/food contact surfaces clean. Inspector’s note: observed accumulated food debris on exterior of dishmachines. must clean exterior of dishmachines and maintain.
  • Oct 23, 2024 (canvass): Pass.
    2 violations
    • Non-food/food contact surfaces clean. Inspector’s note: observed ice build up on rear of walk in cooler condenser. must remove said ice build up and maintain.
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed peeling ceiling paint above both dairy and meat dishmachine drainboards sides. must remove ceiling peeling paint.

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.

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Buckingham Pavilion 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. Our skilled registered and licensed practical nurses are available around the clock every day of the week to provide our residents with compassionate and skilled care. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
  • Offers diabetes care. Other services we offer include diabetes management, catheter care, ostomy care and postsurgical monitoring. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)

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 Jul 4, 2023 to Jul 3, 2025. Violations found: Minimum wage, Overtime. Back wages: $6,093 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Buckingham Pavilion (Buckingham Pavilion, Inc.). Case 2005503.

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
Saint Francis Hospital-Evanston, Evanston. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
Nearest Medicare nursing home
Westwood Vlge NRSG and RHB CTR, Chicago. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
Nearest home health agency office
Great Paragon Healthcare, Inc, Chicago. 0.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
Nearest pharmacy
Walgreens. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
Area
USDA classes ZIP code 60645 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
Dialysis within 15 miles
Fmc - Rogers Park, Chicago, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Evanston Renal Center, Evanston, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc Lincolnwood Dialysis, Lincolnwood, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Hospice
33 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60645.
Guardian Healthcare & Hospice, LLC, office in Northfield, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Moments Hospice Of Chicago North LLC, office in Des Plaines, 8.7 miles away, straight line
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Illinois, office in Rosemont, 8.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Nearest geriatric medicine practice
Oak Street Health Physicians Group PC, Chicago. 1.7 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 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.

SourceData as ofWhat we found
U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour casesOct 15, 2026See above
OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016Oct 15, 2026Nothing on record
Chicago Department of Public Health kitchen inspectionsOct 15, 2026See above
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

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Frequently asked questions

Is Buckingham Pavilion a good nursing home?

CMS gives Buckingham Pavilion an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.

How is Buckingham Pavilion staffed?

Buckingham Pavilion reports 2.70 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.

Has Buckingham Pavilion had inspection problems?

Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.

How many beds does Buckingham Pavilion have?

Buckingham Pavilion is certified for 235 beds.