Nursing home
Evercare at Stearns
3900 Stearns Avenue, Granite City, IL 62040 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Evercare Skilled Nursing (11 facilities) · 109 certified beds
Evercare at Stearns is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Granite City, Illinois. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.16 hours per resident per day, below the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Apr 28, 2025 cited 19 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 3 fines totaling $213,909In CMS records: 4 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 Evercare at Stearns 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) | 3.16 | 3.49 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.30 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.09 | 2.13 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 71.3% | 45.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 19.0 | 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: 3 fines totaling $213,909, 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Evercare at Stearns
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- 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 · Jan 16, 2026 · 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 · Dec 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 16, 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 · Nov 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 28, 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 · Apr 28, 2025 · 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 · Apr 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 28, 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 · Apr 28, 2025 · 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
- 3900 Stearns Avenue
Granite City, IL 62040 - CMS certification #
- 145847
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 109
- Avg residents/day
- 103.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1995-09-16
- Chain
- Evercare Skilled Nursing (11 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Evercare Skilled Nursing
Evercare Skilled Nursing operates 11 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Evercare Skilled Nursing facilities →
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Evercare at Stearns using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2006
- Workplace safety 4 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2017, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Apr 6, 2006 to Apr 2, 2008. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $13,476 owed to 57 employees. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Stearns Nursing and Rehabiliation Center, LLC (Tara Cares). Case 1504264.
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 18, 2022: monitoring inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 15, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Stearns Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC.
- May 18, 2022: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 19, 2022. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $20,302 proposed, $20,302 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Stearns Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $10,151 proposed, $10,151 now. To be fixed by Aug 3, 2022.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $10,151 proposed, $10,151 now.
- May 18, 2022: referral inspection, records only (health). Case closed Oct 19, 2022. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $1,450 proposed, $943 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Stearns Nursing and Rehabilitation Center LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Electronic submission of injury and illness records (1904.41(a)(2)). Penalty $1,450 proposed, $943 now. To be fixed by Sep 16, 2022.
- Sep 8, 2017: complaint inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Jan 30, 2018. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Stearns Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 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
- Gateway Regional Medical Center, Granite City. 3.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Evercare of Granite City, Granite City. 1.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Gateway Regional Home Health - Granite City, Granite City. 0.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 6.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 62040 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Granite City Dialysis Center, Granite City, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fkc - Madison County, Granite City, 3.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Collinsville Dialysis, Collinsville, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 62040.
Unity Hospice Of Greater St Louis, office in Collinsville, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Bjc Hospice, office in Glen Carbon, 6.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Midwest, office in Fairview Heights, 11.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Memory Care Home Solutions, Saint Louis. 10.3 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
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective June 1, 1978), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very high, wildfire very low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively high. 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Evercare at Stearns a good nursing home?
CMS gives Evercare at Stearns 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 Evercare at Stearns staffed?
Evercare at Stearns reports 3.16 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Evercare at Stearns had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 19 deficiencies.
How many beds does Evercare at Stearns have?
Evercare at Stearns is certified for 109 beds.