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Avantara Chicago Ridge

10300 SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY, CHICAGO RIDGE, IL, 60415
(708) 425-1100
avantarachicagoridge.com
203 licensed beds
★★★★★4/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections2/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

10300 Southwest Highway
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415
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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
203
CMS facility ID
145700
Care type
Nursing home
County
Cook
Facility name
Avantara Chicago Ridge
Street address
10300 SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY
City / state / ZIP
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415
Phone
(708) 425-1100
Website
avantarachicagoridge.com

About this facility — Avantara Chicago Ridge

Avantara Chicago Ridge is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. It is licensed for 203 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Illinois (112 beds).

It is one of 2 senior care facilities in Chicago Ridge and 667 skilled nursing facilities across Illinois. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Avantara Chicago Ridge 41 times across 17 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $137,658 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Legacy Healthcare
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Garden, Daniel
Direct owner · Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — 59% stake — since 2021
Doros Generation Trust U/a/d 1/3/12
Direct owner · Additional disclosable party — 17% stake — since 2021
Gpn Family Trust U/a/d 4/28/08
Direct owner · Additional disclosable party — 17% stake — since 2021
Ninio, Mordechay
Direct owner · Additional disclosable party — 8% stake — since 2021
Acr Property Holdings, Llc
Security-interest holder · Additional disclosable party — since 2021
First Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Security-interest holder · Operational control — since 2024
Kowalczyk, Joseph
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2021
Legacy Healthcare Financial Services Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2021
Roth & Co, Llp
Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Stiff, Rekeyia
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2021
Tbdmd Il, Llc
Operational control — since 2021

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1991-08-01
CMS overall rating
4 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
13 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$137,658 total
Last standard inspection
2025-01-10
Nurse staffing
3.3 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$590 per day (≈ $17,940/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
28% Medicaid · 8% Medicare · 64% private/other
Occupancy
72% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
73% above the IL median of $342/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
203
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Wheelchair accessible
entrance and parking
Visiting hours
Daily Open 24 hours
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-01-25Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0627
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Corrected 2026-02-06
F-0712
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Corrected 2026-02-06
2026-01-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0658
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2026-02-06
F-0693
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Corrected 2026-02-06
11 earlier / fire-safety inspections (37 citations)
2025-08-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-09-10
2025-05-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0602
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Corrected 2025-06-12
2025-02-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0677
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2025-02-28
2025-01-10Health inspectionComplaint-triggered9 citations
F-0558
E · No harm found
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2025-01-28
F-0644
D · No harm found
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Corrected 2025-01-28
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2025-01-28
F-0686
G · Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2025-01-28
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-01-28
F-0755
D · No harm found
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2025-01-28
F-0761
F · No harm found
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Corrected 2025-01-28
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2025-01-28
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-01-28
2024-09-23Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0677
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-10-18
F-0686
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2024-10-18
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-10-18
2024-05-25Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-06-11
2024-05-03Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0698
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2024-05-27
2024-01-05Health inspection7 citations
F-0550
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2024-02-02
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2024-02-02
F-0676
D · No harm found
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Corrected 2024-02-02
F-0689
D · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-02-02
F-0690
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Corrected 2024-02-02
F-0693
D · No harm found
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Corrected 2024-02-02
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-02-02
2023-10-20Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2023-11-12
F-0760
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2023-11-12
2023-08-29Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0584
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Corrected 2023-09-14
F-0908
F · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Corrected 2023-09-14
2022-10-28Health inspection9 citations
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2022-11-07
F-0686
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2022-11-07
F-0692
G · Actual harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Corrected 2022-11-07
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2022-11-07
F-0755
D · No harm found
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2022-11-07
F-0759
E · No harm found
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Corrected 2022-11-07
F-0761
E · No harm found
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Corrected 2022-11-07
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2022-11-07
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2022-11-07

Federal penalties

2025-08-18Fine$43,095
2025-01-10Fine$78,923
2024-05-03Fine$15,640
2025-01-10Medicare payment denial — 26 days
2024-05-03Medicare payment denial — 9 days
Total fines$137,658
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 145700.

Visitor reviews

What people say on Google.
3.0123 ratings on Google
★★★★★S. V. · 2026-07-16 · via Google

“In general, I have low expectations of institutional care. I was quite surprised at the high level of care mom received in Advantara of Chicago Ridge. Having Dementia & suffering fractured vertebrae, the staff proved proficient, nurturing & compassionate. Imagine my surprise arriving for a visit, finding mom seated at the nursing station “organizing papers” to redirect sundowning behavior. AMAZ…”

★★★★Jacky Horn · 2026-03-20 · via Google

“I felt that the nurses were happy and helpful. To me the atmosphere at the front nurses desk was fun & kind. The therapy team is excellent. Also the social worker team was excellent. We were treated with respect and for the most part all teams over there are approachable. The care team over there based on what I saw loved working there. And they keep the place clean. I'm writing this review…”

★★★★Angelique Tribett (Angee Tee) · 2026-03-03 · via Google

“"My mom had a very positive experience at Avantara Chicago Ridge for post-hospital rehab. The therapy team, was outstanding and helped my mom regain her mobility much faster than I expected. The facility itself is clean, modern, and feels more like a boutique hotel than a typical nursing home. A big thank you to the doctors, nurse practitioners, the nursing staff, CNA's and all the staff for their…”

Ratings and reviews are from Google and reflect visitor opinions, not our verification. See all reviews on Google

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Original records

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CMS Nursing Home Compare
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Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Google Business Profile
Photos, reviews & hours
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