Citadel of Bourbonnais

    20 Briarcliff Ln, Bourbonnais, IL 60914
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.24·(58)

    Overall rating

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

      4.3
    • Staff

      4.5
    • Meals

      3.8
    • Amenities

      4.3
    • Value

      4.2

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing and caregiving
    • Personalized, attentive care plans
    • Dignified end-of-life and hospice support
    • Responsive rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Engaging activity program and scheduled outings
    • Clean, well-maintained interior spaces
    • Welcoming, homelike atmosphere
    • Available spiritual support
    • Proactive customer-service coordination
    • Varied and appealing meal options
    • Consistent housekeeping and maintenance
    • On-site transportation for resident outings

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staff communication and family updates
    • Variability in staff professionalism and conduct
    • Gaps in timely clinical response and medical attention
    • Medication-administration and documentation inconsistencies
    • Unclear visitation and family-access procedures
    • Inconsistent delivery of therapy and rehab scheduling
    • Personal-property and belongings management lapses
    • Safety and behavioral-management inconsistencies on select units
    • Variable administrative responsiveness to complaints
    • Inconsistent meal-service continuity during care transitions

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews of this community are mixed, with a substantial number of families praising the caregiving, cleanliness, and social programming while other accounts describe operational inconsistencies that warrant careful follow‑up. Strengths most commonly cited include compassionate, attentive direct care from nurses, CNAs and aides; a warm, homelike environment; engaging activities and outings; and competent hospice and end‑of‑life support. Many reviewers highlighted moments of personalized attention, spiritual support, and a facility that appears well maintained and clean.

    Care and staff: The facility receives frequent positive remarks for staff empathy, individualized attention, responsive rehabilitation therapy, and thorough wound and nursing care in many cases. At the same time, there is a recurrent theme of variability: some families experienced strong customer‑service coordination and daily updates, whereas others described inconsistent communication, delays in responding to medical requests, and uneven professionalism among staff. These patterns suggest that quality of care may depend on specific shifts, units, or individual staff members rather than being uniformly experienced across the community.

    Clinical operations and safety: Several accounts raise concerns about timely medical attention, medication administration practices, and documentation continuity, along with inconsistent delivery of scheduled physical therapy. There are also notes about property-management shortcomings and instances where families encountered barriers to access or clarity about information release and visitation—issues that can complicate family involvement in care. A subset of families described behavior- and safety-related incidents on particular units; these describe operational gaps in behavioral management and incident escalation rather than a single systemic characterization.

    Dining, activities, and facilities: The dining program and variety of meals are frequently described positively, with activities, outings, and transportation contributing strongly to residents' social life. Housekeeping and facility maintenance are also commonly praised; reviewers often note a pleasant environment and well‑kept common areas. These aspects are consistent strengths that families cited as contributing to residents' quality of life.

    Management and patterns to note: Administrative responsiveness appears inconsistent—some reviewers praised specific administrators and customer‑service staff for daily check‑ins and problem resolution, while others experienced difficulties with complaint handling, visitation disputes, or unclear policies during care transitions. A few accounts involved serious family disputes about access and information release, which suggests the facility may benefit from clearer, more consistently applied visitation and POA procedures.

    Advice for prospective families: Visit the unit(s) where the resident would live, ask about staffing ratios and turnover, request current examples of how clinical incidents and family concerns are escalated and documented, and review visitation and information‑release policies (including how hospital transfers and hospice transitions are communicated). Ask for written protocols on medication administration, therapy scheduling, personal‑property tracking, and behavioral‑incident management. These targeted questions can help determine whether the facility’s strong areas align with your priorities and whether operational inconsistencies have been addressed.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Citadel of Bourbonnais is located at 20 Briarcliff Ln, Bourbonnais, IL, 60914.

    About Citadel of Bourbonnais

    Citadel of Bourbonnais sits at 20 Briarcliff Lane in Bourbonnais, IL, in a single-story building designed for comfort and easy access, and offers long-term care, skilled nursing, assisted living, rehabilitation, and specialized memory care for seniors who need help with daily tasks or more complex nursing support, and there's this Hartwell House assisted living residence if someone needs some help but doesn't require full-time nursing, whereas people with memory loss, Alzheimer's, or dementia can receive thoughtful care, and hospice or palliative care is also an option for those who need it. Reviews give Citadel of Bourbonnais a 3.7 out of 12 possible reviews, which is average, and people say the atmosphere feels clean and welcoming, with nursing, therapy, and activity aides who provide respectful care, help residents walk the halls, and encourage daily activities. Private and semi-private suites are available, all with individually controlled heating and air conditioning, private telephones, mailboxes, voice mail, cable TV, and regular weekly housekeeping and linen services, so residents don't have to worry about chores, and the staff take care of food services with meals and snacks that are tailored to preferences, plus full-service dining options so eating feels good and nutritious.

    The center runs 24/7 which lets residents get round-the-clock care and support, and nurses, CNAs, and activity aides watch over everyone, making sure health checks, medication management, personal assistance, and help with daily activities are always taken care of, and if someone needs to take a temporary break from being a full-time caregiver, respite care gives them support and lets their loved one stay for a short stay. Therapy and rehabilitation services include physical and occupational therapy, stroke rehabilitation, and wound care, and people who need complex medical care, like end-stage kidney disease, can get dialysis on site in a quiet room just for dialysis, which is convenient since it means no one has to transfer to another clinic for treatment.

    Citadel of Bourbonnais has both Medicaid acceptance for payment and a customer service manager who keeps in regular contact with family members, so people know what's going on with their loved ones, and worship services and pastoral care are available for spiritual needs. Housekeeping and laundry are included, and office hours run Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, which is when most business gets done. There's no telehealth service, but there are a variety of home care and day care programs for different needs, so people can stay connected with their community if that's what they're looking for. All in all, Citadel of Bourbonnais provides personalized attention in a calm and home-like environment, with suites that allow for treatments in familiar surroundings, aiming to support healing while maintaining respectful, individualized care for each resident or patient.

    People often ask...

    Citadel of Bourbonnais offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 20 Briarcliff Ln, Bourbonnais, IL 60914.

    No, Citadel of Bourbonnais 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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