Little Sisters Of The Poor is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2018-06-01. 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 (773) 935-9600 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Little Sisters Of The Poor 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 87.8/100, placing it #895 of 14703 facilities nationally and #17 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 Little Sisters Of The Poor receives a reported average of 4 hours 32 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 59 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 33 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 56 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 36.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $9,110. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 $9,110, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 69.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Little Sisters Of The Poor ranks 895th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 87.8/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 17th out of 668 nursing homes. In Chicago, it ranks 4th out of 77 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,274 nationally and RN hours rank #2,125 nationally (#113 in IL). Our composite quality score of 87.8/100 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 Chicago, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/chicago/