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The Pearl of Joliet

A nursing home in Joliet, Illinois 60435

306 North Larkin Avenue, Joliet, Illinois 60435. (815) 744-5560.

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Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 54 citations in 14 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

14 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Illinois average is 12.7.

Last standard inspection May 7, 2026.

Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a complaint inspection on Apr 30, 2026

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

54 citations in 14 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

54 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 55 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 25 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

May 7, 2026: standard inspection11 citations

  • Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident’s needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.

    Rule F0627. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Provide appropriate foot care.

    Rule F0687. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

    Rule F0688. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • 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.

    Rule F0693. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0698. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

  • Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.

    Rule F0925. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

Apr 30, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 14, 2026.

Oct 17, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations

  • 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.

    Rule F0693. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 22, 2025.

  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 22, 2025.

Aug 6, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations

  • Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

    Rule F0804. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 3, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

Apr 17, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 29, 2025.

Feb 13, 2025: standard inspection10 citations

  • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

    Rule F0554. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

    Rule F0558. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

    Rule F0688. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0694. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

    Rule F0756. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.

    Rule F0813. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

    Rule F0881. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Regularly inspect all bed frames, mattresses, and bed rails (if any) for safety; and all bed rails and mattresses must attach safely to the bed frame.

    Rule F0909. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

Feb 13, 2025: standard and complaint inspection5 citations

  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Rule F0600. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Rule F0609. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Rule F0610. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

    Rule F0690. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 19, 2025.

Dec 27, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 14, 2025.

  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 7, 2025.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 15, 2025.

Oct 4, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 15, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 15, 2024.

Sep 26, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations

  • 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.

    Rule F0584. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 5, 2024.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 5, 2024.

May 30, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 19, 2024.

Apr 18, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 29, 2024.

  • Keep all essential equipment working safely.

    Rule F0908. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 29, 2024.

Mar 8, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 20, 2024.

  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 20, 2024.

Jan 24, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

    Rule F0580. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 2, 2024.

Dec 1, 2023: standard inspection9 citations

  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

    Rule F0558. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

  • 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.

    Rule F0584. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 4, 2023.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

  • Provide appropriate foot care.

    Rule F0687. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

  • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

    Rule F0690. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 13, 2023.

Nov 8, 2023: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Keep all essential equipment working safely.

    Rule F0908. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 14, 2023.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Sep 8, 1978.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as for profit, partnership.
  • 214 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 3 fines in the last three years, $106,223 in all.
  • 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
  • 25 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Apr 30, 2026Fine$25,920
Dec 27, 2024Medicare payment denialNot given
Dec 27, 2024Fine$72,450
Sep 26, 2024Fine$7,853

Who does the caring?

3.39 nurse hours per resident per day

The Illinois average is 3.47.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeIllinois average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.393.47
Of which registered nurses0.710.71
At weekends2.813.08
Nursing staff turnover46.7%43.7%
Registered nurse turnover48.3%41.5%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Phc Ovj LLC owns 99% directly since May 1, 2022.
  • 3 owners or officers are people: Eitan Zeffren (owns 5% or more through other companies, 61%); Eitan Zeffren (corporate officer); Kyle Kothera (managing employee (on the payroll)).
  • Part of Pearl Healthcare (15 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Phc Ovj LLCOwns 5% or more directly99%May 1, 2022
Ez Holdco LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies61%May 1, 2022
Reg 2018 Irrevocable Trust U/A/D 1/1/18Owns 5% or more through other companies16%May 1, 2022
Kushner Family Idf LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies8%May 1, 2022

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Illinois average 3.1).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating1 of 5
Health inspections2 of 5
Staffing1 of 5
Quality measures4 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 12.4 miles, this one had the 4th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (14; the middle value was 12).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
The Pearl of Joliet This nursing home14
Parc Joliet0.423
Avantara Joliet0.78
Joliet Living & Rehab Center1.011
Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County3.111
Spring Creek3.713
Renwick Nursing and Rehab3.723
Alden Estates of Shorewood4.37
Alden Courts of Shorewood4.34
Lakewood Nrsg & Rehab Center7.216
Meadowbrook Manor10.813
Lemont Nursing & Rehab Center12.49

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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