Nursing home
Princeton Rehab & Hcc
255 West 69Th Street, Chicago, IL 60621 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of The Alden Network (27 facilities) · 225 certified beds
Princeton Rehab & Hcc 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 2.64 hours per resident per day, below the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Feb 26, 2025 cited 20 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 2 fines totaling $32,136In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Princeton Rehab & Hcc 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) | 2.64 | 3.49 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.42 | 0.73 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.60 | 2.13 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 45.7% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 20.0 | 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: 2 fines totaling $32,136, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Princeton Rehab & Hcc
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 20, 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 · Sep 28, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · May 15, 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 · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Environmental Deficiencies · Feb 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Feb 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Administration Deficiencies · Feb 26, 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 · Feb 26, 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
- 255 West 69Th Street
Chicago, IL 60621 - CMS certification #
- 145688
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 225
- Avg residents/day
- 189.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1990-09-07
- Chain
- The Alden Network (27 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Alden Network
The Alden Network operates 27 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Alden Network 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
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Kitchen 3 inspections by Chicago Department of Public Health since 2024; latest Pass w/ Conditions (April 2025)
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2021
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: Princeton Rehabilitation & Health Care, INC
- Apr 4, 2025 (canvass re-inspection): Pass w/ Conditions.
8 violations
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties. Inspector’s note: pic does not have the chicago food sanitation certificate. instructed to have pic obtain and maintain a valid cfm certificate. citation written on violation #2
- City of chicago food service sanitation certificate. Inspector’s note: no city of chicago food service sanitation manager on site while time/temperature control for safety foods (milk, beef) are being prepared handled and served to the public. instructed to always have a city of chicago food service sanitation manager on site at all times. priority foundation. ...
- Insects, rodents, & animals not present. Inspector’s note: front entrance double doors with 1/4" gap underneath and is not rodent/insect proofed. instructed to rodent/insect proof doors and maintain.
- Non-food/food contact surfaces clean. Inspector’s note: food and dirt build up on the storage racks inside the walk in cooler. instructed to clean and maintain storage racks.
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: the washbowl in the employee's toilet room slowly drains. instructed to fix and maintain good plumbing.
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned. Inspector’s note: observed the trash receptacle in the women's employee toilet room without a lid. instructed to provide a receptacle with a lid and maintain.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: floors in the corners, under the dish machine and in the walk in cooler/freezer with dirt, food and debris. instructed to clean and maintain floors.
- Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: poor lighting in the walk in cooler/freezer. instructed to provide adequate lighting per city code and maintain.
- Apr 2, 2025 (canvass): Fail.
10 violations
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties. Inspector’s note: pic does not have the chicago food sanitation certificate. instructed to have pic obtain and maintain a valid cfm certificate. citation written on violation #2
- City of chicago food service sanitation certificate. Inspector’s note: no city of chicago food service sanitation manager on site while time/temperature control for safety foods (milk, beef) are being prepared handled and served to the public. instructed to always have a city of chicago food service sanitation manager on site at all times. priority foundation. ...
- Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible. Inspector’s note: rear hand washing sink in poor repair and not properly draining. instructed to repair sink so that it properly drains. priority foundation 7-38-030(c) citation issued
- Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized. Inspector’s note: high temperature dish machine not able to reach the required temperature of 180f. per the gadge on the machine, 159f, per my dish machine thermometer, 157.6f. unit was tagged and can not be used until serviced and reinspected by cdph inspector. priority 7-38-025 citation issued
- Insects, rodents, & animals not present. Inspector’s note: front entrance double doors with 1/4" gap underneath and is not rodent/insect proofed. instructed to rodent/insect proof doors and maintain.
- Non-food/food contact surfaces clean. Inspector’s note: food and dirt build up on the storage racks inside the walk in cooler. instructed to clean and maintain storage racks.
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: the washbowl in the employee's toilet room slowly drains. instructed to fix and maintain good plumbing.
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned. Inspector’s note: observed the trash receptacle in the women's employee toilet room without a lid. instructed to provide a receptacle with a lid and maintain.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: floors in the corners, under the dish machine and in the walk in cooler/freezer with dirt, food and debris. instructed to clean and maintain floors.
- Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: poor lighting in the walk in cooler/freezer. instructed to provide adequate lighting per city code and maintain.
- Apr 30, 2024 (canvass): Pass.
2 violations
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned. Inspector’s note: observed the trash receptacle in the women's employee toilet room without a lid. instructed to provide a receptacle with a lid and maintain.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed the floors in the corners and under the storage racks in the paper storage area with dirt and debris. the vent in the women's employees toilet room with dust build up. instructed to clean and maintain the floors and vents.
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.
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Princeton Rehab & Hcc says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Princeton Rehabilitation and Health Care Center provides around-the-clock nursing care in a comfortable setting.
(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 Jan 27, 2021 to Jan 26, 2023. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $74 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Princeton Rehabilitation & Health Care Center (Princeton Rehabilitation & Health Care C, INC). Case 1976072.
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
- St Bernard Hospital, Chicago. 0.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Wentworth Rehab & HCC, Chicago. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Mhn My Home Nurses, Chicago. 2.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60621 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Grand Crossing Dialysis, Chicago, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Garfield, Chicago, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Jackson Park Dialysis Center, Chicago, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 30 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60621.
Unity Hospice Of Chicagoland, LLC, office in Chicago, 5.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 6.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Osf Hospice, office in Oak Lawn, 8.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- St Bernard Hospital, Chicago. 0.6 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 low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, 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.
| 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Princeton Rehab & Hcc a good nursing home?
CMS gives Princeton Rehab & Hcc 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 Princeton Rehab & Hcc staffed?
Princeton Rehab & Hcc reports 2.64 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Princeton Rehab & Hcc had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 20 deficiencies.
How many beds does Princeton Rehab & Hcc have?
Princeton Rehab & Hcc is certified for 225 beds.