Nursing home
Franciscan Village
1270 Franciscan Drive, Lemont, IL 60439 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Franciscan Communities (6 facilities) · 127 certified beds
Franciscan Village is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lemont, Illinois. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.17 hours per resident per day, above the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Aug 21, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $22,260In CMS records: 2 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 Franciscan Village 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) | 4.17 | 3.49 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.35 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.34 | 2.13 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.3% | 45.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 12.1 | 9.5 | below 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: 1 fine totaling $22,260, 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Franciscan Village
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- 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 · Aug 21, 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 21, 2025 · 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 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2025 · 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 · Aug 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 9, 2024 · 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 9, 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
- 1270 Franciscan Drive
Lemont, IL 60439 - CMS certification #
- 146029
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 127
- Avg residents/day
- 99.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-04-19
- Chain
- Franciscan Communities (6 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Franciscan Communities
Franciscan Communities operates 6 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Franciscan Communities facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2002
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 Dec 1, 2010 to Nov 30, 2012. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours), Child labor. Civil money penalties assessed: $9,300. Employer as DOL recorded it: Franciscan Village (Franciscan Communities Inc.). Case 1673152.
- Findings for Jan 2, 2002 to Dec 21, 2002. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,240 owed to 18 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Mother Theresa Nursing Home (Franciscan Communities, Inc.). Case 1318986.
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
- Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook. 5.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lemont Nursing & Rehab Center, Lemont. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Dr Home Healthcare, LLC, Lemont. 1.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60439 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Lemont, Lemont, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Home Hemodialysis Network, Homer Glen, 3.9 miles away, straight line
Davita Rutgers Park Dialysis, Woodridge, 4.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 33 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60439.
Palos Community Hospital Hospice, office in Lemont, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Providence Hospice, office in Homer Glen, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Angels Grace Hospice, office in Bolingbrook, 5.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Advance Inpatient Medicine LLC, Bolingbrook. 5.8 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 | See above |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Franciscan Village a good nursing home?
CMS gives Franciscan Village an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Franciscan Village staffed?
Franciscan Village reports 4.17 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Franciscan Village had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Franciscan Village have?
Franciscan Village is certified for 127 beds.