Kenwood Village

    4505 S. Drexel Blvd., Chicago, IL 60653
    • 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

    2.43·(58)

    Overall rating

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

      1.3
    • Staff

      2.1
    • Meals

      1.1
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      2.4

    Pros

    • Helpful, responsive hospital-liaison and admissions communication
    • Staff assistance arranging family calls and in-person visits
    • Positive interactions with select nurses and business-office staff
    • Agency nurses praised for attentive care
    • Perceived improvement in care by one family

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical monitoring, care planning, and rehabilitation follow-through
    • Gaps in pressure-injury prevention, wound care, and nutrition and hydration support
    • Delays in personal care and toileting assistance
    • Unreliable medication administration and treatment follow-through
    • Staffing shortages, uneven training, and inconsistent professionalism
    • Weak family communication, provider updates, and resident phone access
    • Housekeeping, sanitation, and pest-control concerns
    • Poor interior maintenance and limited resident amenities
    • Inconsistent meal quality, nutritional adequacy, and food-service hygiene
    • Weak handling of residents’ belongings, laundry, and documentation
    • Inconsistent management oversight and accountability
    • Gaps in fall-prevention and other resident-safety practices

    Summary of reviews

    The overall picture across these reviews is predominantly negative, particularly regarding day-to-day care, responsiveness, and the condition of the building. Families and other visitors describe concerns with clinical monitoring, individualized care planning, wound care, nutrition and hydration support, and follow-through on rehabilitation. Some accounts also raise serious concerns about medication management and staff conduct. These claims reflect individual reviewers’ experiences and are not independently verified here, but the repeated themes warrant careful investigation by anyone considering the facility.

    Personal care and responsiveness are recurring concerns. Reviewers describe delays in assistance with toileting and incontinence care, bathing, and requests for help, as well as concerns about pressure-injury prevention and fall safety. Accounts also describe difficulty reaching staff by phone and obtaining timely updates from clinicians. A few specific staff members and the hospital liaison received praise for being helpful, and some families reported positive interactions, but those comments sit alongside substantial concerns about consistency across staff and shifts.

    Dining feedback is largely unfavorable, with concerns about taste, nutritional adequacy, and meal variety. One resident described limited protein options and difficulty finding suitable food for a health condition. Reviewers also questioned food-service hygiene. The reviews provide little information about organized activities or broader resident engagement, so those areas cannot be assessed from this material.

    The physical environment is another recurring concern. Accounts describe cleanliness and odor issues in rooms and common areas, pest-control concerns, and interiors perceived as poorly maintained. Reviewers also cite limited or unreliable amenities, including resident phone access and televisions, and concerns about the availability of bed-safety equipment. Families additionally describe lost personal items and laundry, as well as gaps in documentation.

    Management and communication appear uneven. Some prospective families found the liaison informative and reassuring, and one visitor praised assistance arranging a visit. In contrast, other reviewers describe unanswered calls, delayed callbacks, limited access to physicians, incomplete care-plan discussions, and difficulty getting administrative concerns addressed. Overall, the positive experiences appear concentrated in specific staff interactions, while the larger set of reviews points to concerns about reliable oversight and consistent service. Prospective residents and families may wish to ask about staffing coverage, clinical monitoring, care-plan meetings, sanitation and pest-control procedures, medication processes, meal options, and how concerns are escalated.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.

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    Location

    Kenwood Village is located at 4505 S. Drexel Blvd., Chicago, IL, 60653.

    About Kenwood Village

    Kenwood Village, which used to be called The Estates of Hyde Park and is now under new management, is a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Chicago that's known for serving people with serious health needs, especially after hospital stays, and what stands out right away is how the place focuses on both short-term rehab and long-term care for older people, with most residents about 73 years old and a good number living there with conditions like Alzheimer's, heart disease, diabetes, and depression. The staff includes nurses, CNAs, social workers, and therapists who help with things like physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, and there's around-the-clock care, so if someone needs help at any time-day or night-it's available, around 22 minutes a day from registered nurses, about 58 minutes from LPNs or LVNs, and a little over 102 minutes from certified nursing assistants, plus about one RN hour for every five or so residents on weekends. The building has a sprinkler system for fire safety, and the rooms are equipped with private bathrooms, air conditioning, cable TV, and kitchenettes, which help keep things home-like, and there's Wi-Fi throughout, too.

    Residents can be involved in their care through the resident council, and there's a variety of activities-things like movie nights, music programs, outdoor walks, and an arts room-plus there's a movie theater, a game room, a private outdoor patio, a community garden, and even a library, so there's always something happening if people want to join in. Meals come in a restaurant-style setting with options for different diets, including for people with allergies or diabetes, and a professional chef is there to prepare the food, so there's some variety in what people can eat, and all-day dining is offered so folks can eat when they want, not just at set times. For health needs, Kenwood Village has primary doctors, psychiatrists, and specialty therapists on site, and they work with care teams to help manage medication, provide psychiatric rehabilitation, support behavioral needs, and coordinate discharge planning when someone is ready to return to the community. They also have social services and financial aid if someone has trouble paying and help with bathing, dressing, and moving around, as well as regular help for daily living tasks.

    The place has about 155 beds but is usually home to a little over 100 residents each day, with close to 52 open beds, and in June 2025, about 48 are certified for Medicare and Medicaid, which it accepts for payment, so that's something to know when considering costs-on average, people are billed about $304 a day. Visitors can come around the clock, every day, which makes it easier for family and friends to drop by when they can. For safety, health, and quality, the center does fall under federal and state ratings, with a few low scores that should be considered: it recently received a 1-star overall rating from CMS, and recent inspections show past citations for elder abuse, but long-term care has a better 4-star score. Staff vaccination rates are high for the basic COVID-19 series, but lower for boosters-about one in four residents and one in three staff have had their boosters-with 58.8% of residents and 96.8% of staff receiving the full initial COVID-19 vaccine series. The community isn't part of a continuing care retirement setup or located inside a hospital, but it offers religious and cultural programs and supports many types of therapies, including psychiatric and behavioral care, and there's discharge planning to help residents who may be able to return to more independent living.

    Kenwood Village tries to create a warm, supportive environment with a smaller, more intimate setup where staff know the residents, and where things like laundry, housekeeping, concierge services, beauty and barber shops, and a range of social and entertainment programs fill the daily schedule, along with support for people who need extra help to get through the day, whether physically or socially. The management encourages family involvement, community events, and keeping everyone informed with activity calendars and regular communication. Residents who need care for things like memory loss, heart conditions, depression, or diabetes get attention from specialized teams, and therapy is personalized to help people gain strength, independence, and a better quality of life. The staff-described as compassionate and dedicated-put focus on helping everyone feel at home while staying as independent as possible, and there's a strong medical and therapy team to provide the support people need.

    People often ask...

    Kenwood Village offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 4505 S. Drexel Blvd., Chicago, IL 60653.

    No, Kenwood Village 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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