Nursing home
Community Care Nursing Center
4314 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 204 certified beds
Community Care Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Chicago, Illinois. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.73 hours per resident per day, below the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Aug 2, 2024 cited 18 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 2 fines totaling $60,050In CMS records: 3 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 Community Care Nursing Center 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) | 2.73 | 3.49 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.68 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.42 | 2.13 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 29.8% | 45.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 18.0 | 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: 2 fines totaling $60,050, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Community Care Nursing Center
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 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 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 · Jun 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · May 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Apr 13, 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 · Aug 2, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 2, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Aug 2, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 2, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 2, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 2, 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
- 4314 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60653 - CMS certification #
- 146164
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 204
- Avg residents/day
- 105.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2012-11-06
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Community Care Nursing Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Kitchen 4 inspections by Chicago Department of Public Health since 2023; latest Pass (May 2026)
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2021, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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: Community Care Center
- May 20, 2026 (canvass): Pass. No violations listed.
- Mar 26, 2025 (canvass): Pass.
2 violations
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned. Inspector’s note: instructed manager to provide and maintain a small garbage can in the women washroom with a lid as required
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed damaged and/or missing floor tiles in the dry storage room. also noted the floor in the walk in freezer in poor repair(cracked). must replace/repair, must be smooth and easily cleanable
- Feb 26, 2024 (canvass): Pass.
3 violations
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: observed a leaky pipe underneath the dishwashing machine. must repair and maintain.
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned. Inspector’s note: instructed manager to provide and maintain a small garbage can in the women washroom with a lid as required.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed missing floor tiles in the dry storage room. must replace/repair, must be smooth and easily cleanable.
- Nov 15, 2023 (non-inspection): No Entry. No violations listed.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Dec 27, 2021: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 25, 2022. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as C C Care LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(m)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
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
- Provident Hospital Of Chicago, Chicago. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Kenwood Vlge NRSG and RHB CTR, Chicago. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Comprehensive Quality Care, Inc Foundation, Chicago. 1.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Outpatient Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60653 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Woodlawn Dialysis, Chicago, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Kenwood Home Training Pd, Chicago, 0.9 miles away, straight line
Davita Kenwood Dialysis, Chicago, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 30 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60653.
Unity Hospice Of Chicagoland, LLC, office in Chicago, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Chicago Hope & Palliative Healthcare Inc, office in Palos Hills, 12.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois, Chicago. 2.0 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 low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very 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 | See above |
| Chicago Department of Public Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Community Care Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Community Care Nursing Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Community Care Nursing Center staffed?
Community Care Nursing Center reports 2.73 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Community Care Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 18 deficiencies.
How many beds does Community Care Nursing Center have?
Community Care Nursing Center is certified for 204 beds.