Prairieview Lutheran Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1998-02-01. 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 (815) 269-2970 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Prairieview Lutheran Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), 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 84.3/100, placing it #1957 of 14703 facilities nationally and #34 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 Prairieview Lutheran Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 57 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 44 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 47 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 26 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 29 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 33.6%. 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 $12,880. 6 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 1 fine(s) totaling $12,880, and 3 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 160.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Prairieview Lutheran Home ranks 1957th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.3/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 34th out of 668 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,293 nationally and RN hours rank #4,374 nationally (#240 in IL). Our composite quality score of 84.3/100 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 Danforth, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/danforth/