Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care)
250 Village Drive, Downers Grove, IL 60516 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Lifespace Communities (16 facilities) · 104 certified beds
Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Downers Grove, Illinois. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.19 hours per resident per day, above the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Jan 17, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $13,780In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) 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) | 4.19 | 3.49 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.51 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.55 | 2.13 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.5% | 45.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 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 $13,780, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care)
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 17, 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 · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for 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 · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 17, 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 · Jan 17, 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 · May 20, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 16, 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 · Feb 16, 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
- 250 Village Drive
Downers Grove, IL 60516 - CMS certification #
- 145804
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 104
- Avg residents/day
- 100.5
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 1994-09-01
- Chain
- Lifespace Communities (16 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Lifespace Communities
Lifespace Communities operates 16 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Lifespace Communities facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Transportation, pets allowed
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2019
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Residents at Oak Trace are welcome to keep their own physicians, and complimentary local transportation within a ten-mile radius makes getting to outside appointments easy.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Yes, Oak Trace is a pet-friendly community, and pets are warmly welcomed.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: two-bedroom, cottage or villa.
Oak Trace offers a range of layouts including one- and two-bedroom apartments, garden homes, and townhomes.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Entrance fee: none.
As needs change, care adjusts without disrupting your routines, relationships, or surroundings, so you never have to leave the community you know to receive higher levels of care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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 Jun 10, 2019 to Aug 10, 2020. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: Oak Trace Nursing Home (Lifespace Communities, Inc.). Case 1913195.
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 Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove. 3.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Bria of Westmont, Westmont. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Nova Home Healthcare, Inc, Downers Grove. 0.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60516 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- United Renal Services, Woodridge, 2.3 miles away, straight line
Davita Woodridge Home Dialysis Pd, Woodridge, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fkc - Woodridge, Woodridge, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 30 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60516.
Moments Hospice Of Chicago South LLC, office in Willowbrook, 2.9 miles away, straight line
Apex Hospice And Palliative Care, Inc, office in Westmont, 4.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Adventist St Thomas Hospice, office in Hinsdale, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Dupage Medical Group Ltd, Westmont. 3.4 miles away, straight line. 4 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 low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, 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: 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) a good nursing home?
CMS gives Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) staffed?
Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) reports 4.19 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) have?
Oak Trace (Skilled Nursing and Continuing Care) is certified for 104 beds.