Sandwich Living & Rehab Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2009-04-20. 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) 786-8409 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sandwich Living & Rehab Center 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 (1★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 48.1/100, placing it #14195 of 14703 facilities nationally and #538 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 Sandwich Living & Rehab Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 21 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 39 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 48 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 62.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 5 fine(s) totaling $285,025. 51 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 4 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 5 fine(s) totaling $285,025, and 4 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 9. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 237.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sandwich Living & Rehab Center ranks 14195th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 48.1/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 538th out of 668 nursing homes. In Sandwich, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,920 nationally and RN hours rank #1,994 nationally (#107 in IL). Our composite quality score of 48.1/100 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 Sandwich, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/sandwich/