Irving Park Living & Rehab Center

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: Elevate Care Irving Park, LLC

• Aug 25, 2026 (canvass): Out of Business. No violations listed.
• May 27, 2026 (canvass): Pass w/ Conditions.
  7 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. certified manager had only photocopied on site and arrived on site at 9:15am. informed person in charge city of chicago original food service certificate must beon site at all ...
  • Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: observed no kit and procedure on site for responding to vomit and diarrhea at time of inspection. instructed to maintain kit containing all necessary supplies including a sanitizer rated as effective against norovirus on site at all times. priority foundation violation 7-38-005. citation issued.
  • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display. Inspector’s note: observed food items stored on floor in dry storage area. instructed manager to elevate all food six inches off floor.
  • Non-food/food contact surfaces clean. Inspector’s note: observed residue on interior surfaces of ice machine in prep area. instructed manager to clean and maintain
  • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned. Inspector’s note: observed no covered receptacles inside of womens toilet room. instructed to provide.
  • Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: observed vents in the both men and women employees washroom not working. instructed to repair and maintain
  • Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: observed one burnt out light bulb in the storage room. instructed to replace and maintain
• Apr 23, 2025 (canvass): Pass w/ Conditions.
  5 violations

  • City of chicago food service sanitation certificate (Priority Foundation). Inspector’s note: noted person in charge without updated city of chicago food service manager certificate on site while preparing and handling time and temperature control for safety(tcs) foods during inspection. presented servsafe cert with 02/01/2025 expiration date. informed person in charge of city of chicago ...
  • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: observed no backflow preventer device at the third floor utility sink in the housekeeping area. instructed to install to ensure the device can be located, serviced, and maintained.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed grease buildup, food debris, and dirt on floor under cooking equipment, along walls, and in all corners in prep, dish washing, storage, and basement areas. instructed manager to clean floors under all equipment, along walls, and in all corners in all areas. observed dust buildup on fan in ...
  • Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: observed the ventilation hood and filters above the cooking equipment in need of cleaning. instructed to detail clean and maintain at all times.
  • All food employees have food handler training. Inspector’s note: observed no proof of training for all food handlers. instructed to provide and maintain records at all times.
• Jul 16, 2024 (canvass re-inspection): Pass.
  1 violation

  • Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned. Inspector’s note: observed no covered trash receptacle for the women's toilet room in the basment near the kitchen prep area. instructed the person in charge to provide a covered trash receptacle for the women's toilet room and maintain.
• Jul 8, 2024 (canvass): Fail.
  1 violation

  • Previous core violation corrected (Core). Inspector’s note: previous core violations from 03/03/2023 inspection, report #2572047 not corrected: #53-observed no covered waste receptacle in the women's washroom in the basement. management instructed to provide covered waste receptacles in all women's washrooms. #55-repair the broken baseboard tiles at the ...

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.

Chicago Department of Public Health: Irving Park Living and Rehab

• Aug 27, 2026 (license re-inspection): Pass.
  1 violation

  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed soiled mop heads not properly stored. instructed manager to hang mop heads to prevent insect breeding.
• Aug 25, 2026 (license): Fail.
  2 violations

  • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips. Inspector’s note: found the three compartment sink not maintained; sink is slow draining. when water from one compartment is drained; water backs up into adjacent compartments. instructed management to get drainage system serviced. priority foundation 7-38-025. citation issued.
  • Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed soiled mop heads not properly stored. instructed manager to hang mop heads to prevent insect breeding.

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.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Swedish Hospital, Chicago. 1.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Alta Rehab at Fairmont, Chicago. 0.9 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Liberty Home Health Care, Inc, Chicago. 0.7 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 60641 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Davita Irving Park Dialysis, Chicago, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Neomedica - North Kilpatrick, Chicago, 1.0 mile away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc - West Belmont, Chicago, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)

Hospice

37 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60641.
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 7.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Illinois, office in Rosemont, 7.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Moments Hospice Of Chicago North LLC, office in Des Plaines, 7.5 miles away, straight line

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago. 0.7 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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 moderate, 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.