Immanuel Residences

    1122 Gilbert Ave, Downers Grove, IL, 60515
    2.2 · 5 reviews
    • Independent living
    • Assisted living
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    1.0

    Unsafe unclean mismanaged care facility

    I moved in expecting safe, professional care but found poor management, unavailable and indifferent staff, and frequent neglect of residents. I witnessed safety and hygiene issues (blood on floors and bloody mucus on carpets/doorways), constant nighttime noise, frequent fire alarms with no evacuation plan, refusal to address medical needs, a disastrous, unclean remodel, deceptive leasing, and an unresponsive manager, Jackie - I do not recommend this facility.

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    2.20 · 5 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      1.0
    • Staff

      1.0
    • Meals

      2.2
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      2.2

    Cons

    • poor management
    • unresponsive manager
    • deceptive leasing practices
    • widespread mismanagement complaints
    • disastrous building remodel
    • frequent fire alarms
    • no evacuation plan
    • manager unavailable during meetings
    • staff unavailability
    • staff indifference
    • safety concerns
    • neglect of residents
    • blood or bloody mucus on carpets and doorways
    • nighttime noise
    • refusal to address medical needs
    • lack of communication
    • unclean environment
    • health risk to caregivers and families
    • manager reportedly used a fake attitude to secure leases

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in these reviews is strongly negative and centers on systemic management failures, safety and cleanliness hazards, and poor direct care/staff responsiveness. The same problems are repeated across multiple summaries: unresponsive and possibly deceptive management, a chaotic or unsafe physical environment following a remodel, frequent fire alarms with no clear evacuation plan, and instances of neglect and unsanitary conditions that raise serious health concerns.

    Management: The reviews consistently identify management as the primary problem. Multiple summaries call out an unresponsive manager (one named Jackie), claims of deceptive leasing practices or a ‘‘fake’’ friendly attitude used to secure leases, and a broad pattern of tenant complaints about mismanagement. Reviewers report that managers are unavailable during meetings and do not follow up on resident issues. These accounts portray management as either unwilling or unable to address operational and resident concerns, suggesting systemic communication and accountability failures at the leadership level.

    Care quality and staff behavior: Reports indicate staff unavailability and indifference as recurring issues. Reviewers describe staff refusing to address medical needs, neglect of residents, and a lack of effective communication between staff, residents, and families. Nighttime noise and inattentive or absent staff were specifically mentioned, implying that residents' needs, particularly during off-hours, are not being reliably met. Taken together, these reports point to inconsistent or substandard direct care and poor responsiveness to urgent resident needs.

    Facilities, safety, and cleanliness: Multiple reviews raise major concerns about the physical environment. A ‘‘disastrous’’ building remodel is cited repeatedly, and reviewers report frequent fire alarms and no evacuation plan — a critical safety gap. Serious sanitation issues are described, including blood or bloody mucus on carpets and doorways and generally unclean conditions. Those descriptions elevate the problem from mere neglect to potential infection-control and biohazard risks for residents, staff, and visitors. The combination of an unsafe remodel, recurring alarms without clear emergency procedures, and visible blood or bodily fluid contamination suggests both immediate safety hazards and ongoing maintenance/housekeeping failures.

    Dining and activities: The provided summaries do not mention dining services, menus, meal quality, recreational programming, or activities. No positive or negative information about social or dining offerings is available from these reviews, so no conclusions can be drawn on those aspects.

    Patterns, implications, and severity: The recurrence of the same themes across separate summaries — unresponsive management, deceptive leasing behavior, routine safety lapses (alarms and no evacuation plan), unsanitary conditions involving blood, and staff neglect — indicates these are not isolated incidents but likely systemic problems. For current and prospective residents and their families, these issues imply elevated risk to health and safety, potential regulatory or legal concerns, and a low level of operational transparency. The presence of bloody mucus on carpets and doorways and reported refusal to address medical needs are particularly alarming because they directly threaten resident well-being and could require urgent intervention by oversight authorities.

    In sum, the reviews portray Immanuel Residences as facing serious operational, safety, and care-quality problems rooted in leadership and management failures. The most critical areas flagged are emergency preparedness (frequent alarms, no evacuation plan), sanitation/infection control (blood on floors and doorways), and staff responsiveness to medical and day-to-day needs. Dining and activities are not discussed in the summaries. The pattern of complaints suggests systemic issues that merit prompt remedial action, independent investigation, and improved communication and accountability from management to address residents’ immediate safety and health concerns.

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    About Immanuel Residences

    Immanuel Residences in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago, opened in 1981 and has 120 apartments made for seniors aged 62 and up, all with wall-to-wall carpets, personal thermostat control, and modern kitchen appliances, so you'll have the comfort of home, plus each apartment has an emergency alert system and a comprehensive smoke alarm to help residents feel safe, and there's also an access-controlled entrance, elevators, and full wheelchair accessibility, making it easy for everyone to get around. The building offers one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, which are all handicap accessible, laid out across over 61,000 square feet, and they're considered affordable and subsidized senior apartments so people with different budgets can live here.

    There's a friendly staff that speaks more than one language, 24-hour maintenance on site, and management ready to help, and the community is known for its friendly and kind atmosphere, which really helps make people feel at home. Residents have personal laundry rooms, on-site parking, and areas for group events like two large atriums, plus a computer center if someone wants to stay connected or needs to use the internet. Meals are cooked with quality ingredients, and there are lots of spaces for daily activities, such as a craft room, a library, and a beauty shop, and even a thrift store available for residents.

    Outdoors, there's a garden and patio where anyone can relax, plant vegetables, or join in volunteer projects like food distribution or tending plants, and if someone enjoys being outside, there are also regular games and animal therapy visits that help make days more interesting. Immanuel Residences has many programs and services with their own unique names for independent living, assisted living-which includes help with bathing, dressing, and medicine-and memory care that supports people with Alzheimer's or other dementia, all focused on safety and comfort, as well as home care for those needing extra help in their own apartments.

    Healthcare services come directly to the community, including dentistry, podiatry, and optometry, so no one needs to go far for regular checkups. Residents can also join arts and crafts classes, encouragement card writing, and both indoor and outdoor games as part of the activities made to keep everyone socially, mentally, and physically active. The building has smoke alarms, access control, and accessible features throughout, supporting daily routines and personal independence. Atriums make the space bright and open, and with resident parking, a fitness center, and water conservation features, the environment tries to balance comfort, health, and practicality for everyday living. Immanuel Residences gathers people from different backgrounds, and the setting encourages both community involvement and privacy, with a simple and easy lifestyle for seniors.

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