Ascension Nazarethville Place is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2015-12-15. 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 (847) 297-5900 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ascension Nazarethville Place holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 72.7/100, placing it #7036 of 14703 facilities nationally and #144 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 Ascension Nazarethville Place receives a reported average of 3 hours 53 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 9 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 18 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 25 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 25.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 12 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $237,218. 21 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 12.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ascension Nazarethville Place ranks 7036th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.7/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 144th out of 668 nursing homes. In Des Plaines, it ranks 2nd out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,714 nationally and RN hours rank #656 nationally (#48 in IL). Our composite quality score of 72.7/100 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 Des Plaines, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/des-plaines/