Alden Lakeland Rehab & Health Care Center

    820 W Lawrence, Chicago, IL 60640
    • 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

    3.52·(33)

    Overall rating

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

      3.6
    • Staff

      3.9
    • Meals

      2.8
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      2.0

    Pros

    • Well-maintained property and pleasant décor
    • Private bathrooms available in many rooms
    • On-site skilled nursing and rehabilitation services
    • Dedicated physical therapy and workout facilities
    • Salon and nail-care services on-site
    • Multiple communal spaces (patio, game room, TV and family rooms)
    • Active recreational and therapy-focused activities
    • Compassionate and helpful direct-care staff
    • Specific staff members praised by families
    • Warm meal service and on-site dining venues
    • Spacious rooms with lake views on some units
    • Effective restorative/rehab planning with discharge goals

    Cons

    • Inconsistent cleanliness and sanitation protocols
    • Variable staffing levels and inconsistent staff responsiveness
    • Gaps in clinical-care practices (tracheostomy management, repositioning, incontinence care)
    • Weak follow-through on care plans and physician communication
    • Poor reception and phone-staff communication etiquette
    • Supply and personal-property control deficiencies
    • Inconsistent meal quality and portion sizes
    • Variability in maintenance and conditions between units/floors
    • Delays in medical records and administrative processes
    • Limited visitor-policy flexibility during infection-control events

    Summary of reviews

    Reviewer feedback is strongly polarized, with many families describing positive, rehabilitation-oriented stays and named staff who provided attentive, compassionate care, while other accounts identify persistent operational weaknesses. The facility offers a range of physical amenities and clinical services: on-site skilled nursing and rehabilitation, a dedicated physical therapy area and workout room, salon and nail services, various communal visiting spaces (patio, game room, TV and family rooms), and some rooms with private bathrooms and lake views. Several families credited therapy and restorative teams with measurable progress and successful discharge planning.

    Direct-care staff receive frequent praise for compassion and helpfulness; multiple reviews singled out individual employees for above-and-beyond service. At the same time, a number of reviewers described inconsistent staffing patterns and slow or uneven responsiveness to resident needs. These inconsistencies are tied to broader clinical concerns cited by families, including deficiencies in certain clinical-care practices (for example, airway management, regular repositioning, and incontinence-related care). When clinical follow-through and documentation lag, families described additional stress and confusion.

    Dining and activities present a mixed picture. Some residents and families enjoyed warm meals and on-site options (including an ice cream area), and many noted a robust activities program. Others described variability in meal quality and portion sizes and found dining areas less pleasant. The property’s décor and communal spaces are generally viewed positively, though reviewers noted differences in cleanliness and maintenance between floors or units.

    Administrative and communication issues recur in reviews. Families reported difficulty contacting the facility at times, inconsistent communication about care plans and physician visits, and delays in administrative processes such as medical-records handling. Reception and phone-staff etiquette were flagged as an area for improvement. Reviewers also raised concerns about supply management and controls over personal property.

    Overall, the facility appears to deliver strong rehabilitative resources and several dedicated, effective staff members who produce favorable outcomes for many residents. However, the experience can vary significantly depending on unit, shift, and staffing. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility’s amenities and therapy strengths against the operational concerns described, and consider asking targeted questions on current staffing ratios, infection-control and sanitation protocols, clinical competency with complex devices, care-plan follow-through, property-security practices, and average turnaround times for administrative requests before making a placement decision.

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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

    Alden Lakeland Rehab & Health Care Center is located at 820 W Lawrence, Chicago, IL, 60640.

    About Alden Lakeland Rehab & Health Care Center

    Alden Lakeland Rehab & Health Care Center sits in Chicago and works mainly as a skilled nursing facility for people who've got serious medical needs, whether that's after a hospital stay, surgery, or illness, and it handles both long-term and short-term needs through the Alden Network, which is good because sometimes folks just need a bit of help to get back on their feet. The building's got 300 beds, and the ownership falls to The Alden Group, LTD, which runs it for profit, while accepting Medicaid and Medicare for payment, so many people can use it if they need to. The facility does a lot when it comes to therapy and specialty care, offering things like short-term rehab, post-acute services, ventilator care, dialysis on-site through a partnership with DaVita Dialysis, memory and dementia care, neurostroke and cardiac rehab, as well as orthopedic therapy. Residents get skilled nursing between 12 and 16 hours a day, and there's a 24-hour call system and emergency alerts in place for safety.

    Rooms come with private bathrooms, kitchenettes, cable TV, air conditioning, telephones, Wi-Fi, and they're already furnished, so moving in isn't too much work, plus there are options for folks who have allergies since the kitchen staff, including a professional chef, will make meals that suit special diets, and meals happen in a restaurant-style dining room. The center runs scheduled activities daily, from movie nights to music programs, fitness classes, and even has its own movie theater, arts and crafts room, library, and spa, and folks have both indoor and outdoor common areas with walking paths, community gardens, and beautifully landscaped spaces where people can get some fresh air or have outdoor programs. For folks who need them, the place arranges transportation and helps with moving in, plus there are practical services like housekeeping, laundry, and family support, and a business room for those who still need to keep up with a bit of paperwork.

    There have been federal and state inspections over the years, with Alden Lakeland earning a two out of five star rating on Medicare for staffing, inspections, and quality; it has received citations, including for pressure ulcer care, and has faced lawsuits over allegations of negligence and resident abuse, which is something families might want to ask about. In the last three years, the home got federal fines totaling around $61,400. The staff speak English, and there may be other languages spoken by some clinic staff, though there's no clear list of what those might be.

    Right now, Alden Lakeland Rehab & Health Care Center isn't accepting new patients, and while the facility doesn't offer much in the way of marketing hype, it does try to provide needed medical and rehabilitation services for people coming out of hospitals or living with more complex conditions. People considering the center should weigh both its mix of therapy options and its inspection history as they think through their choices.

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