Nursing home
Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center
735 West Diversey, Chicago, IL 60614 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Infinity Healthcare Consulting (70 facilities) · 178 certified beds
Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Chicago, Illinois. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.20 hours per resident per day, below the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Jun 12, 2025 cited 18 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 3 fines totaling $82,329In 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 Lakeview Rehab & 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) | 3.20 | 3.49 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.61 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.99 | 2.13 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.2% | 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: 3 fines totaling $82,329, 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center
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 · Mar 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2026 · 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 · Mar 6, 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 · Oct 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 12, 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 · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 12, 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 · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 12, 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
- 735 West Diversey
Chicago, IL 60614 - CMS certification #
- 145654
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 178
- Avg residents/day
- 140.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-11-01
- Chain
- Infinity Healthcare Consulting (70 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Infinity Healthcare Consulting
Infinity Healthcare Consulting operates 70 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Infinity Healthcare Consulting facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Kitchen 3 inspections by Chicago Department of Public Health since 2023; latest Pass (July 2025)
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: Lakeview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Jul 15, 2025 (canvass): Pass.
1 violation
- Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible. Inspector’s note: observed eye wash device attached to hand sink faucet in kitchen. must remove.
- Jul 24, 2024 (canvass): Pass.
4 violations
- Thermometers provided & accurate. Inspector’s note: visible and working thermometer needed at the milk refrigerator located in rear of food storage area. must provide and maintain.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed dirt and debris on floor drains in rear dishwashing area. must clean floor drains and maintain.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed a few missing and water damaged ceiling tiles above food storage shelving in rer food storage area, inside women's washroom, men's locker room. must repair/replce and maintain facility in a good repar.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: obsrved dust and dirt build up on light shield covers in rear prep area and rear dishwashing area. must clean and maintain.
- Nov 24, 2023 (canvass): Pass.
6 violations
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display. Inspector’s note: observed food items stored on the floor in the walk-in freezer. instructed the person in charge to elevate all food six inches off the floor and maintain.
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display. Inspector’s note: observed no splash guard between exposed hand sink and drainboard of three-compartment sink. instructed the person in charge to install a washable splashguard and maintain.
- Wiping cloths: properly used & stored. Inspector’s note: observed soiled wiping cloths stored on prep tables throughout the rear prep area. instructed the person in charge to properly store wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution between uses to prevent contamination of equipment & food and maintain.
- Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: observed rusted storage racks in the walk-in cooler in the rear prep area. instructed the person in charge to remove rust and ensure all nonfood-contact surfaces remain smooth and easily cleanable.
- Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: observed torn/damaged rubber gasket on door of two-door refrigerator in the rear prep area. instructed the person in charge to repair or replace the gasket and maintain.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed food debris on floors throughout the rear prep area. instructed the person in charge to clean floors and maintain.
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.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Mar 8, 2015.
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
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago. 0.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Warren Barr Lincoln Park, Chicago. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Icg Home Health Care Services, Chicago. 1.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60614 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fkc - Surf Road Home Dialysis, Chicago, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Excel Renal Care Services, Chicago, 1.1 miles away, straight line
Fmc - West Willow, Chicago, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 29 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60614.
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 5.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Unity Hospice Of Chicagoland, LLC, office in Chicago, 5.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Heart To Heart Hospice Corp, office in Schiller Park, 11.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago. 0.9 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 moderate, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively high, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center staffed?
Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center reports 3.20 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 18 deficiencies.
How many beds does Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center have?
Lakeview Rehab & Nursing Center is certified for 178 beds.