Elmhurst Extended Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-01-10. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (630) 516-5000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Elmhurst Extended Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 49.7/100, placing it #14045 of 14703 facilities nationally and #514 of 668 in Illinois. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Elmhurst Extended Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 7 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 28 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 30 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 9 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 42 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 47.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $133,134. 29 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 3 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $133,134, and 3 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 5. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 235.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Elmhurst Extended Care Center ranks 14045th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 49.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 514th out of 668 nursing homes. In Elmhurst, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,169 nationally and RN hours rank #608 nationally (#42 in IL). Our composite quality score of 49.7/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Elmhurst, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/elmhurst/