Briar Place Nursing Center

    6800 Joliet Road, Indian Head Park, IL, 60525
    1.0 · 6 reviews
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Neglectful, unsafe, unprofessional elder care

    I put my parent here and I'm horrified. Staff are unprofessional and do the bare minimum - meds and feedings missed, showers skipped for over 12 days, food is slop, floors wet and unsafe, and the building is run-down and smells. Personal items have gone missing (phone, necklace, watch, credit card, clothing) and staff seem to take advantage; porch smoking is allowed and dementia care is inadequate. No PT/OT, minimal activities, frequent police calls for altercations, administration unreachable after 4 pm - this place needs immediate investigation and should be shut down.

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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

    1.00 · 6 reviews

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    5. 1
    • Care

      1.0
    • Staff

      1.0
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Impressive lobby/entrance area
    • Some activities are offered
    • A few residents/families report loved ones seem happy or doing okay
    • Dining area with a communal TV

    Cons

    • Run‑down, dirty building
    • Persistent bad odors
    • Floors wet and unsafe
    • Staff provide only minimal care
    • Missed medication doses
    • Missed or inconsistent feedings
    • Residents not showered for extended periods (12+ days reported)
    • Reports of potential abuse or neglect
    • Food described as unappetizing/slop
    • No physical or occupational therapy available
    • No weekend maintenance
    • Minimal activities and engagement
    • Shared rooms mixing rehab patients with mentally ill residents
    • Frequent police calls for physical altercations
    • Safety concerns and an unsafe environment
    • Theft or missing personal items (phone, watch, necklace, credit card reported)
    • Unprofessional staff behavior (hung up on calls, lack of attention)
    • Administration often unreachable after 4 pm
    • Smoking allowed on porch creating additional risks
    • Calls for investigation or facility shutdown

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across these reviews is strongly negative, with multiple reviewers describing serious and recurring problems affecting cleanliness, safety, basic care, and management responsiveness. While a few positive notes appear (an "impressive" lobby, occasional activities, and isolated comments that particular residents seem content), the dominant themes are neglect, unsafe conditions, and lapses in essential services.

    Facilities and cleanliness: Numerous reviews describe the building as run‑down, dirty, and smelling badly. Specific safety hazards are reported such as wet floors that are not addressed, contributing to an unsafe environment. Reviewers emphasize that these are not one‑off issues but ongoing problems, with additional observations that maintenance is absent on weekends and general upkeep is poor. The contrast between an attractive lobby and much poorer conditions in care areas is noted, suggesting cosmetic investment that does not extend to resident living spaces.

    Care quality and resident hygiene: Multiple reviewers raise alarming care concerns: missed medication doses, missed feedings, and residents going long stretches without showers (one example of more than 12 days). There are explicit statements suggesting abuse or neglect and calls for outside investigation. These reports point to failures in meeting basic nursing and custodial responsibilities and suggest inconsistency or understaffing in direct care tasks.

    Staffing and management: Reviews consistently criticize staff professionalism and responsiveness. Reported behaviors include staff doing the "bare minimum," hanging up on family calls, and administration being unreachable after 4 pm. Families describe a lack of attention, unprofessional interactions, and concerns that staff may be taking advantage of residents (missing personal items, inappropriate handling of clothing). The combination of unresponsive leadership and frontline staff shortcomings is a recurrent complaint.

    Safety and security: Several reviews highlight serious safety risks. Reportedly, residents with mental illness are housed in shared rooms with rehab patients, which families say leads to frequent physical altercations and multiple police calls. Theft of personal belongings—phones, jewelry, watches, and credit cards—is reported by multiple families, amplifying concerns about supervision and security. Porch smoking and the mixed population in rooms are additional factors reviewers connect to an unsafe environment.

    Services, therapy, and activities: Although some activities are mentioned and a communal dining area with a TV exists, reviewers emphasize that activities are minimal. Critically, some reviews state there is no physical or occupational therapy available despite the presence of rehab patients, indicating a mismatch between resident needs and services offered. Dining is criticized as poor in quality, described as "slop," and there are reports of missed feedings, which compounds concerns about nutritional care.

    Notable patterns and recommendations: Patterns across the reviews suggest systemic issues rather than isolated incidents: repeated reports of missed care tasks, persistent environmental problems, safety incidents requiring police, and thefts alongside poor management communication. While a few family members note that their loved ones are doing okay, the preponderance of specific negative details — including concrete examples such as missing meds, extended lack of showers, theft of specific items, and after‑hours inaccessibility of administrators — point to significant, actionable concerns. Reviewers are calling for investigations and some go as far as suggesting the facility should be shut down. Families considering this facility should weigh these consistent red flags heavily and seek verification from licensing/inspection reports and direct, up‑to‑date assessments of staffing, medication management, infection control, and incident records.

    Location

    Map showing location of Briar Place Nursing Center

    About Briar Place Nursing Center

    Briar Place Nursing Center sits at 6800 Joliet Rd in Indian Head Park, Illinois, and is a large nursing home with space for up to 232 people, and you know, it's a for-profit LLC-owned facility with a team of about 51 to 200 employees. They offer a pretty wide range of services, and you'll find long-term skilled nursing care, short-term post-operative recovery programs, and lots of rehabilitation support, including physical, occupational, and speech therapy for those who need it after an illness or surgery or if you have a lasting health need. What stands out here is how they focus on psychiatric services and offer customized care plans for both dementia and mental illness, so residents who need more support with their mood, mental health, or behavior have structure, professional oversight, medication management, and specific programs that try to look after both mind and body.

    The place is known for having comfortable accommodations and a few communal spaces where residents can spend time together and take part in activities meant to keep them connected and active, and there's a team of trained healthcare professionals with different specialties working together to make sure personalized care plans fit each person's needs. Briar Place does accept both Medicare and Medicaid, and the staff also puts an emphasis on a holistic, patient-centered approach to care, so they want to keep older adults as independent as possible while also watching out for their overall health and well-being, though these days, you'd hear folks mention the facility's ratings since Briar Place has earned below average marks in a number of areas, with a 1 out of 5 overall star rating from U.S. News and World Report and some low ratings from CMS too-just 1 star for staffing, 2 for health inspections, and a 3 out of 5 for quality, with one Medicare payment denied in the last three years, four federal fines adding up to $197,451, and even a flag for an abuse citation. They're not part of a CCRC, and are privately owned with their headquarters right in Indian Head Park, and at the very least, you'll see they cover a full spectrum of clinical, psychiatric, and rehabilitative services under one roof, with programs and support designed to fit a mix of resident needs.

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