Elevate Care Palos Heights is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-08-26. 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 (708) 597-9300 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Elevate Care Palos Heights 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 (2★), Staffing (1★), 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 63.5/100, placing it #10883 of 14703 facilities nationally and #271 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 Elevate Care Palos Heights receives a reported average of 3 hours 33 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 27 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 11 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 54 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 3 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 53.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Elevate Care Palos Heights with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $32,975. 19 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $32,975, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 61.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Elevate Care Palos Heights ranks 10883rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 271st out of 668 nursing homes. In Palos Heights, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,648 nationally and RN hours rank #9,710 nationally (#468 in IL). Our composite quality score of 63.5/100 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 Palos Heights, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/palos-heights/