Peterson Park Health Care Ctr is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-08-01. 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) 478-2000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Peterson Park Health Care Ctr holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), 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 62.3/100, placing it #11323 of 14703 facilities nationally and #300 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 Peterson Park Health Care Ctr receives a reported average of 3 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 41 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 8 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 22 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 40.1%. 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 $49,226. 69 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 2 fine(s) totaling $49,226, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 120.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Peterson Park Health Care Ctr ranks 11323rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.3/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 300th out of 668 nursing homes. In Chicago, it ranks 26th out of 77 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,112 nationally and RN hours rank #5,242 nationally (#285 in IL). Our composite quality score of 62.3/100 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/