Marklund Wasmond Center

    1435 Summit St, Bartlett, IL 60120
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Warm, caring staff gives peace

    I'm very pleased with this facility - the staff are warm, friendly, and truly caring, and my loved one is lovingly and attentively cared for. It's a great place that gives my family real peace of mind.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Reviews

    3.00·(14)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.2
    • Staff

      2.3
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Warm, friendly staff
    • Compassionate, person-centered care
    • Strong resident community
    • Positive family testimonials
    • Established positive reputation
    • Well-maintained facility environment

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff responsiveness and family communication
    • Variability in staff competency and professionalism
    • Gaps in medication management and resident-safety protocols
    • Management follow-up and accountability deficiencies
    • Staffing transitions affecting continuity of care
    • Allegations of staff misconduct

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews reflect a facility with a long-standing positive reputation and a number of families who describe warm, compassionate, and attentive care. Many comments emphasize a friendly atmosphere among residents and staff, and several testimonials frame care as loving and exceptional. The physical environment is also characterized positively by some families, who describe the center as a good or well-maintained facility.

    At the same time, there is a distinct pattern of operational concerns that prospective families should evaluate. Several accounts describe inconsistent responsiveness from clinical leadership and direct-care staff — for example, unanswered calls and delays in communication from nursing leadership and allied professionals. Reviewers also highlighted variability in staff competency and professionalism, with reports of uncaring or unprofessional conduct in some encounters. These descriptions suggest uneven performance across shifts or teams rather than uniform practice across the facility.

    Safety and process-control issues are recurring themes in the feedback. Examples cited include unsecured medications and lapses in storage or room security; taken together, these point to gaps in medication-management protocols and resident-safety processes that the facility should be able to demonstrate and explain. There are also remarks about management follow-up and accountability, particularly when family concerns are raised; this indicates potential weaknesses in incident response, family communication pathways, or escalation procedures. One or more comments go further and reference alleged misconduct by staff, which is a serious concern warranting direct inquiry and, if appropriate, documentation from facility leadership.

    Specific remarks about dining, activities, and daily programming are limited in the available summaries. Where families commented on overall care, their impressions were positive, but there is insufficient detail to draw firm conclusions about the consistency or breadth of recreational programming and dining quality. Prospective residents and families should ask the facility for sample menus, activity calendars, staffing ratios for program hours, and opportunities to observe or participate in activities during a visit.

    Practical next steps for families: arrange an on-site visit that includes meeting nursing leadership and the director of nursing, ask for written medication-management and staff-training protocols, request recent staffing and turnover information, and speak with current family references. Clarify how the facility documents and responds to family concerns, and request evidence of any corrective actions taken in response to prior incidents. These steps will help verify the positive aspects cited by families while probing the operational weaknesses that others have raised.

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    Location

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    Marklund Wasmond Center is located at 1435 Summit St, Bartlett, IL, 60120.

    About Marklund Wasmond Center

    Marklund Wasmond Center sits at 1435 Summit Street in Elgin, Illinois, and covers five acres with a large, recently renovated residential facility for up to 85 children and adults who have severe and profound developmental disabilities, including those with complex medical needs. This nonprofit organization focuses on special education and care for people with disabilities, and you'll find they offer all sorts of tailored care types at different locations in Bloomingdale, Elgin, and Geneva, with each place set up to meet the needs of the residents who live there, whether they're kids as young as three years old or adults. They provide 24-hour residential care, and their range of care covers assisted living, skilled nursing, memory care, and even respite care for short-term stays, and they try to match support to each person's unique requirements. The Marklund Wasmond Center has a 57-bed area for people who are medically complex, therapy areas, and a developmental training center, while the Hyde Center has six group homes for adults who need intermediate care, and the Philip Center supports children and adults with profound disabilities in a 21-bed setting, so you can see there's more than one type of home and care here.

    There's a big focus on resident comfort and safety, so rooms are vent-capable for those who need respiratory support, and the building includes sensory rooms for calming or stimulating activities, plus accessible technology like iPads and SMART boards, and therapy rooms where residents get things like art, music, speech, and physical therapy. The campus includes a ball field for recreation and other outdoor activities that are safe and adapted for people with disabilities. Marklund provides unique programs under their own names-including the MultiNeeds Program and the Marklund Day School, which is a nonsectarian, state-certified school serving children from ages 3 to 21 with complex conditions like autism, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, muscular dystrophy, or multiple and severe disabilities, and you'll notice it's not a large place with about 12 students, most of whom are White, and there's a 49% racial difference percentage, so you get a pretty distinct student group.

    Staff work with students in very small classes, typically with 1 staff for every 3 students and about 6 to 10 students to a room, offering personal attention and using a lot of special tools and strategies to help-like voice-output switches for communication, PECS for picture-based communication, ABA for behavior improvement, and they'll do movement breaks with trampolines and platform swings for those who need sensory input. Kids and adults get a holistic program aiming for growth in physical, social, emotional, and learning skills, and there's a strong effort to mix in real-world activities like community outings to parks or stores, so residents can practice what they've learned in different settings. Services include nursing, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and even advanced respiratory care when needed, and there's a full menu of life skills and enrichment activities like art, music, and adapted physical activity.

    The community is designed for people who might need support every day with things like eating, personal care, or medication, but there are also independent living options with social activities and meals for those who can do more on their own, and even memory care programs for those who need help with memory-related issues. The care is mixed, so some get assisted living, some get skilled nursing, others get day programs or training, but all residents have access to some kind of therapy or enrichment, and everything is tailored. Staff connect with local public schools and districts so kids can get specialized classes if needed, even during the summer, because the school program includes a four-hour-a-day option to keep up with learning and therapy year-round. Marklund Wasmond Center isn't fancy, but it does focus on giving people the support they need to grow, get better, or stay comfortable, with dedicated programs and features that you don't see everywhere, and it's especially known for handling severe disabilities and complex healthcare needs in a community setting.

    People often ask...

    Marklund Wasmond Center offers assisted living, memory care, board and care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 1435 Summit St, Bartlett, IL 60120.

    No, Marklund Wasmond Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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