Sullivan Healthcare and Senior Living

    11 Hawthorne Ln, Sullivan, IL 61951
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing

    Warm community, great meals, attentive

    I'm very happy with this senior living community: the residents are warm, the kitchen truly focuses on great meals, and the staff's heartfelt, motivated care makes navigating healthcare much easier. I recommend it for most families seeking attentive, food-focused senior care.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    3.00·(13)

    Overall rating

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

      1.0
    • Staff

      2.0
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Warm resident community
    • Emphasis on homestyle cooking
    • Motivated and dedicated caregivers
    • Assistance with healthcare navigation
    • Positive family endorsements

    Cons

    • Chronic understaffing and high staff turnover
    • Delays in call-response and personal-care assistance
    • Inconsistent clinical care and emergency transfer coordination
    • Unreliable meal-service timing and portioning
    • Cleanliness and odor-control shortcomings in rooms and common areas
    • Deferred building maintenance and cluttered corridors
    • Gaps in leadership, management transparency, and family communication
    • Staff conduct and communication tone

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed picture: several accounts highlight a warm resident community, staff members who are motivated and helpful, and a facility emphasis on homestyle cooking that some families value. At the same time, a pattern of persistent operational weaknesses appears across multiple accounts, particularly around staffing, cleanliness, and building maintenance.

    Care quality and clinical oversight are inconsistent in the accounts. There are reports of delayed responses to call signals and delays in personal-care assistance, which reviewers linked to chronic understaffing and high turnover. A few comments reference hospital transfers and concerns following clinical incidents; these suggest gaps in clinical-incident coordination and emergency-transfer decision-making that prospective families should probe further.

    Staffing and staff behavior are portrayed as a contrast: some caregivers are described as dedicated and proactive—helping families navigate appointments and advocating for residents—while systemic understaffing and turnover contribute to slower response times and occasional concerns about staff conduct and communication tone. This creates variability in day-to-day resident experience depending on which caregivers are on duty.

    Dining impressions are mixed. The facility is described as placing an emphasis on cooking and homestyle meals, which some residents and families praised. Conversely, there are also reports of missed or late meals and insufficient portions at times, indicating unreliable meal-service timing and inconsistent food availability.

    Facilities and housekeeping concerns recur in the feedback. Reviewers noted outdated infrastructure, deferred maintenance, and cluttered corridors, alongside sanitation and odor-control shortcomings in rooms and common areas. Those issues contribute to negative first impressions for some visitors and to decisions by at least one family to leave the community quickly.

    Management and communication are another area of concern. Several accounts describe a lack of transparent leadership, poor communication with families, and operational oversight gaps. Some reviewers expressed the desire for closer regulatory or administrative attention. Overall, the notable pattern is a facility where pockets of committed staff and a warm resident culture coexist with systemic operational problems. Prospective residents and families should prioritize an on-site tour, ask about current staffing ratios and turnover, review recent inspection and incident records, speak with families of current residents, and request specific information on sanitation protocols, emergency procedures, and meal-service schedules before making a placement decision.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.
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    Location

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    Sullivan Healthcare and Senior Living is located at 11 Hawthorne Ln, Sullivan, IL, 61951.

    About Sullivan Healthcare and Senior Living

    Sullivan Healthcare and Senior Living sits at 11 Hawthorne Lane in Sullivan, Illinois, and serves seniors needing everything from short-term help to long-term care, and that includes respite care, skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, and even memory care for those with Alzheimer's or dementia in a secure unit meant to reduce confusion and wandering. The facility, with its 123 certified beds and an average of 71 residents a day, focuses on keeping things as homelike and warm as possible, with thoughtfully designed living spaces, private room options, and several common areas like a garden, small library, computer center, fitness and wellness rooms, beauty shop, gaming area, and outdoor spaces that are nicely landscaped for residents to relax or walk in. Residents get support whether they need complex nursing care, daily assistance, rehabilitation following things like strokes or surgeries, or specialized help for managing dementia, continence problems, or wounds, and there are also palliative and hospice services as needed.

    The staff at Sullivan Healthcare and Senior Living, including skilled nurses and therapy teams who provide an average of 3.07 hours of care per person per day, work to offer personalized, compassionate care for every resident, whether they're there for a temporary stay or the long haul, and do their best to encourage both independence and preventative health, though there is a 40.4% nurse turnover rate to keep in mind. The center runs both short-term rehabilitation units and units for the developmentally disabled, along with intermediate care, with therapy services available every day and community services like move-in coordination, planned outings, resident-run activities, and adult sitting programs for extra support. For social well-being, residents can join in on community-sponsored activities, use the community-operated transportation for appointments or trips, or just relax in one of the many social spaces. Social services staff help handle paperwork or even financial matters for residents and families.

    As part of the Petersen Health Care group, the facility follows strict measures and policies to prevent abuse, theft, and neglect, plus it carries out regular health, fire, and safety inspections about every fifteen months to meet standards. Staff use infection prevention protocols, follow fall prevention steps, and encourage vaccinations, though there have been two infection-related deficiencies noted, and a total of 32 deficiencies in recent inspection reports, including some about life support like CPR and continence care. Dining is provided in a shared room, with laundry and beauty salon services handy, and there's a big effort to keep things clean, safe, and friendly. Residents can take part in cooking or cleaning activities in areas designed to feel more like home, and the facility tries to give options with both resort-style amenities for those living more independently and plenty of help for those who need extra care.

    While Sullivan Healthcare and Senior Living does build connections and tries to treat each person with respect and kindness, families should look carefully at inspection records and be aware of turnover rates when making choices, as the facility is not without its deficiencies. Still, the community is committed to working with residents and their families to meet physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs in whatever way they can.

    People often ask...

    Sullivan Healthcare and Senior Living offers assisted living and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 11 Hawthorne Ln, Sullivan, IL 61951.

    No, Sullivan Healthcare and Senior Living 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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