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South Elgin Living & Rehab Center

A nursing home in South Elgin, Illinois 60177

746 West Spring Street, South Elgin, Illinois 60177. (847) 697-0565.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 40 citations in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K). Every month

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

What these words mean8
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.
Immediate jeopardy
CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
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?

6 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Illinois average is 12.7.

Last standard inspection Aug 14, 2025.

Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K), at a complaint inspection on Feb 1, 2024

Source:

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

When those citations happened

40 citations in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

40 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 40 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 18 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

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

Aug 14, 2025: standard inspection6 citations
  • Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident’s ability to function.

    Rule F0605. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 11, 2025.

  • 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: Sep 11, 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: Sep 11, 2025.

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

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 11, 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. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 11, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 11, 2025.

Jul 8, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Rule F0600. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 29, 2025.

Sep 13, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 11, 2024.

  • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

    Rule F0921. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Oct 11, 2024.

Aug 14, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident’s well being.

    Rule F0726. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 6, 2024.

Jun 13, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Provide activities to meet all resident’s needs.

    Rule F0679. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 9, 2024.

  • Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

    Rule F0727. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 9, 2024.

May 31, 2024: standard inspection16 citations
  • Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

    Rule F0758. G: actual harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 28, 2024.

  • Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

    Rule F0582. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 28, 2024.

  • Keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential.

    Rule F0583. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 28, 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. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 28, 2024.

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

    Rule F0684. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 26, 2024.

  • 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: Jun 28, 2024.

  • Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.

    Rule F0692. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 28, 2024.

  • 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: Jun 28, 2024.

  • Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

    Rule F0740. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 26, 2024.

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

    Rule F0755. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 28, 2024.

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

    Rule F0759. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 26, 2024.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 28, 2024.

  • 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: Jun 28, 2024.

  • 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: Jun 28, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 28, 2024.

  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

    Rule F0881. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 26, 2024.

Apr 25, 2024: complaint inspection4 citations
  • Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.

    Rule F0825. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 31, 2024.

  • Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

    Rule F0727. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 9, 2024.

  • Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

    Rule F0835. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 24, 2024.

  • Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.

    Rule F0882. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 24, 2024.

Mar 6, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident’s belongings or money.

    Rule F0602. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 25, 2024.

  • 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: Mar 25, 2024.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 25, 2024.

Feb 25, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Rule F0610. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 10, 2024.

Feb 14, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 29, 2024.

Feb 1, 2024: complaint inspection3 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. K: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 1, 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: Jul 26, 2024.

  • Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

    Rule F0835. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 24, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Mar 15, 1995.
  • 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, limited liability company.
  • 90 certified beds.
Source:

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

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 2 fines in the last three years, $231,656 in all.
  • 2 Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 18 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
Jul 8, 2025Medicare payment denialNot given
Jul 8, 2025Fine$83,335
Feb 1, 2024Medicare payment denialNot given
Feb 1, 2024Fine$148,321

Who does the caring?

3.18 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 day3.183.47
Of which registered nurses0.910.71
At weekends2.983.08
Nursing staff turnover26.1%43.7%
Registered nurse turnover35%41.5%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Petlin Holdings LLC owns 99.99% directly since Dec 1, 2024; An organisation CMS lists without a name owns 0.01% directly since Dec 1, 2024.
  • Petlin Holdings LLC runs it.
  • 18 owners or officers are people: Ephraim Braunstein (owns 5% or more through other companies, 25%); Aharon Diena (owns 5% or more through other companies, 25%); Ephraim Braunstein (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Ephraim Braunstein (on the governing body (managing control)); Ephraim Braunstein (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jayne Maher (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jayne Maher (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Tom Klein (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Tom Klein (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Mary Claussen (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Mary Claussen (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Aharon Diena (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Aharon Diena (on the governing body (managing control)); Aharon Diena (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); A person CMS lists without a name (trustee).
  • Part of Lineage Healthcare (5 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • A real-estate investment trust is 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
Petlin Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more directly99.99%Dec 1, 2024
Marvin Mermelstein 2020 Family TrustOwns 5% or more through other companies50%Dec 1, 2024
Dommft II LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies50%Dec 1, 2024
Petlin Holdings LLCOwns 5% or more through other companies0.01%Dec 1, 2024
An organisation CMS lists without a nameOwns a share directly0.01%Dec 1, 2024
Petlin Holdings LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Dec 1, 2024
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Dec 1, 2024
Parkway Bank and Trust CompanyHolds 5% or more security interestDec 1, 2024
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Dec 1, 2024
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Dec 1, 2024
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Dec 1, 2024
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)May 6, 2025

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 3 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 rating2 of 5
Health inspections2 of 5
Staffing3 of 5
Quality measures3 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 5.6 miles, this one had the 7th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (6; the middle value was 6.5).
Source:

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

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
South Elgin Living & Rehab Center This nursing home6
Tower Hill Healthcare Center0.219
The Pearl of Fox River Valley2.89
Crescent Care of Elgin2.85
River View Rehab Center2.814
Aperion Care Fox River2.90
Aperion Care Elgin3.06
The Pearl of Elgin4.211
Highland Oaks4.45
The Pearl of St Charles4.97
Alpine Care of St. Charles LLC4.919
Hearthwood SNF Senior Living5.63

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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