Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Selfhelp Home of Chicago
908 West Argyle Street, Chicago, IL 60640 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 72 certified beds
Selfhelp Home of Chicago is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Chicago, Illinois. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.34 hours per resident per day, above the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Aug 14, 2024 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Selfhelp Home of Chicago 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) | 5.34 | 3.49 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.57 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.29 | 2.13 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 18.8% | 45.7% | 46.4% | below 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.
- Every deficiency from the August 14, 2024 inspection was corrected by August 31, 2024
What inspectors found at Selfhelp Home of Chicago
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
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2024 · 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 · Aug 14, 2024 · 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 · Aug 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2024 · 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 · Aug 14, 2024 · 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 14, 2024 · 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 · Aug 14, 2024 · 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 · Sep 6, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 12, 2023 - 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 · May 12, 2023
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
- 908 West Argyle Street
Chicago, IL 60640 - CMS certification #
- 146009
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 72
- Avg residents/day
- 54.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2001-10-03
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says 3 meals a day
- Kitchen 2 inspections by Chicago Department of Public Health since 2024; latest Pass (June 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: The Selfhelp Home
- Jun 20, 2025 (canvass): Pass. No violations listed.
- Sep 9, 2024 (canvass): Pass.
2 violations
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: observed lower wall behind storage shelves in poor repair with peeling paint. instructed to fix inside food storage room.
- Adequate ventilation & lighting; designated areas used. Inspector’s note: instructed to replace non working lightbulb inside 3 door reach-in cooler in prep area.
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 Selfhelp Home of Chicago says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- 3 meals a day.
3 meals per day, “Kosher-style
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio, one-bedroom.
At Selfhelp, you can continue to lead an active lifestyle in your modern one-bedroom or studio apartment and receive just the right amount of care you need, when you need it.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Community fee: charged.
one-time, non-refundable $5,000 community fee
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Louis A Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Complete Care at Margate Park, Chicago. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Premier Point Home Health, Inc, Chicago. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Mini Thương Xá. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60640 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Zclosed - Fmc - Uptown, Chicago, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Na Lakeview Dialysis, Chicago, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Nephron Dialysis Center, Ltd., Chicago, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 28 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60640.
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Of Illinois, office in Chicago, 7.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Unity Hospice Of Chicagoland, LLC, office in Chicago, 8.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Guardian Healthcare & Hospice, LLC, office in Northfield, 10.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Endeavor Health Medical Group, Chicago. 0.4 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, coastal flooding very low, tornado very 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Selfhelp Home of Chicago a good nursing home?
CMS gives Selfhelp Home of Chicago an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Selfhelp Home of Chicago staffed?
Selfhelp Home of Chicago reports 5.34 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Selfhelp Home of Chicago had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Selfhelp Home of Chicago have?
Selfhelp Home of Chicago is certified for 72 beds.