Central Nursing Home

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: Central Nursing Home

• Jun 16, 2026 (canvass): Pass.
  1 violation

  • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: observed drainpipe leaking under three-compartment sink in rear warewashing area. instructed to repair leaking drainpipe.
• May 16, 2025 (canvass): Fail.
  1 violation

  • Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible. Inspector’s note: observed no additional exposed hand washing sink at rear dishwashing area that is convenient to use. management instructed to install an additional exposed hand washing sink that is supplied with hot and cold running water and soap and paper towels. priority foundation 7-38-030(c). no citation ...
• Mar 22, 2024 (canvass): Pass w/ Conditions.
  2 violations

  • City of chicago food service sanitation certificate (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: observed facility without a valid city of chicago food service sanitation certificate posted onsite for food employees. informed person in charge city of chicago original food service certificate must be posted along with the certified manager on site when time and temperature control for ...
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: mop was found stored incorrectly in-between use. mops shall be placed in a position that allows them to air-dry without soiling walls, equipment, or supplies.

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 Central Nursing Home says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.

• Offers respite or short-term stays. RESPITE STAY (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
• Nurse on site: 24 hours a day. 24-HOUR NURSING CARE (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
• Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers. HOSPICE CARE (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
• Offers behavioral support. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES (page, checked Oct 15, 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 Mar 13, 2013 to Feb 28, 2015. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Central Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Central Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC). Case 1756760.

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.

• May 26, 2021: 4 follow-up inspections, partial (health). Case closed Jul 22, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA records 1, 2, 3, 4. OSHA recorded the employer as Central Nursing Home, LLC.
• May 20, 2020: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Dec 30, 2020. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $1,350 proposed, $945 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Central Nursing Home, LLC.
  Details

  • Other than serious: Giving injury records to OSHA when asked (1904.40(a)). Penalty $1,350 proposed, $945 now.
• May 20, 2020: 3 referral inspections, partial (health). Case closed Jan 25, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA records 1, 2, 3. OSHA recorded the employer as Central Nursing Home, LLC.

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

Community First Medical Center, Chicago. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Community First Medical Center, Chicago. 1.4 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Sunshine Home Care, Inc, Chicago. 1.4 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 60639 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Davita Brickyard Dialysis, Chicago, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc - West Belmont, Chicago, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Kidney Care At Home LLC, Chicago, 1.2 miles away, straight line

Hospice

34 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60639.
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 6.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Illinois, office in Rosemont, 7.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Moments Hospice Of Chicago North LLC, office in Des Plaines, 7.2 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Oak Street Health Physicians Group PC, Chicago. 2.1 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 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.