Claridge Healthcare Center
Nursing home in Lake Bluff, Illinois, CMS certification number 145434
700 Jenkisson, Lake Bluff, IL 60044 · Lake County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 231
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- June 6, 2024
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 34
- Fines in 3 years
- $212,251 (3)
Does Claridge Healthcare Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Claridge Healthcare Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 1 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 2 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 2 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | Not rated |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Claridge Healthcare Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 2.28
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.83
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.05
- Nurse aide hours
- 1.40
- Weekend total hours
- 2.14
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on June 6, 2024 and cited 34 deficiencies, plus 9 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on July 12, 2023, found 22.
The last standard inspection was more than two years ago.
CMS shows an abuse icon for Claridge Healthcare Center. That means inspectors cited it for abuse, neglect or exploitation in the past year or two.
It is a candidate for the CMS special focus program. CMS puts homes with a long record of serious problems on this list for extra inspections.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Claridge Healthcare Center 3 times in the past 3 years, for $212,251 in total.
It also had 3 payment denials, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 77.9 residents live here, about 34% of its 231 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 231
- Average residents per day
- 77.9
- Certified since
- August 20, 1981
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Claridge Healthcare Center
- Legal business name
- Claridge Operations LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
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Who inspects nursing homes in Illinois
Illinois's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in Illinois, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Claridge Healthcare Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Claridge Healthcare Center
What is the CMS star rating of Claridge Healthcare Center?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Claridge Healthcare Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Claridge Healthcare Center?
34 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Claridge Healthcare Center?
Claridge Operations LLC, for profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.