Warren Barr Oak Lawn

    9401 S Kostner Ave, Oak Lawn, IL 60453
    • 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

    3.04·(54)

    Overall rating

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

      2.9
    • Staff

      2.8
    • Meals

      2.1
    • Amenities

      2.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate nursing staff
    • Skilled rehabilitation therapy (PT/OT/ST)
    • Supportive social work and discharge planning
    • Clean and well-maintained common areas
    • Helpful and organized admissions process
    • Effective short-term rehab outcomes and mobility gains
    • Nicely sized resident rooms
    • Engaging recreational programming (bingo, movie nights)
    • Convenient location near a hospital
    • Attentive CNAs and therapy aides

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels across shifts, notably evenings and nights
    • Slow response to call lights and care requests
    • Gaps in medication management and clinical communication
    • Inconsistent personal-care and incontinence support
    • Sanitation and odor concerns in select units
    • Maintenance and amenities shortfalls (broken furniture, nonworking TVs)
    • Variable meal quality and dining-assistance practices
    • Disorganized admissions-to-discharge coordination
    • Limited front-desk and phone responsiveness
    • Uneven professionalism and conduct among staff
    • Inconsistent therapy scheduling and occasional no-shows
    • Insufficient family communication during clinical changes

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews present a mixed but consistent pattern: the facility has strong clinical rehabilitation capabilities and many staff members who families describe as compassionate and effective, especially during daytime shifts. Skilled therapy teams (physical, occupational and speech) and engaged social-work/discharge staff are commonly credited with measurable mobility gains and successful transitions home. Admissions staff and some nursing personnel receive repeated praise for being helpful and organized, and the facility’s common areas and many rooms are described as clean and comfortable.

    Care quality and staff: Clinical strengths center on rehabilitation therapy and several nurses and CNAs who provide attentive, recovery-focused care. However, there are recurring operational weaknesses. Staffing levels and responsiveness appear uneven by shift; reviewers frequently describe slower responses, particularly during evenings and nights, and difficulty reaching front-desk or management by phone. These patterns are linked to delays in attending to resident needs, inconsistent assistance with personal care, and occasional breakdowns in handoffs between nursing shifts and between nursing and physicians. Families also identified gaps in medication-management processes and in clinician-to-family communication about medication changes and care plans.

    Dining and activities: Dining experiences are variable. Some families described adequate meals and helpful dining staff, while others noted inconsistent meal quality, temperature and presentation issues, and problems with feeding assistance during rehabilitation. The facility offers basic recreational programming—bingo, movie nights and similar activities—which some residents enjoy, but participation can be limited by policy or logistical barriers. Therapy-driven socialization and structured routines are highlighted as positive contributors to short-term recovery.

    Facilities and maintenance: Many reviewers find the facility generally clean and presentable, with pleasant aesthetics in renovated areas and appropriately sized rooms. At the same time, there are repeated mentions of maintenance shortcomings in particular units—broken furniture, cracked room surfaces, and nonfunctional room amenities such as TVs—that affect resident comfort. Odor and sanitation concerns are reported in select areas, indicating uneven housekeeping performance.

    Management and communication: Families commend specific social workers and a discharge nurse who provide effective coordination, but broader management communication is described as inconsistent. Common themes include disorganized discharge processes, incomplete medication reconciliation at transitions, difficulty reaching leadership, and front-desk or phone responsiveness problems. A few families felt issues were serious enough to warrant escalation to external agencies. When leadership intervened constructively (for example, addressing concerns through the Director of Nursing), experiences tended to improve.

    Notable patterns and takeaways: The strongest, most consistent positives are skilled rehabilitation therapy, helpful admissions and social-work support, and caring daytime nursing staff. The most persistent challenges are operational: inconsistent staffing and responsiveness during evenings/nights, lapses in medication and clinical communication, variable housekeeping/maintenance performance, and inconsistent dining and personal-care assistance. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility’s rehabilitation strengths and close-to-hospital location against these operational variability patterns, and consider discussing shift-specific staffing, medication-communication protocols, maintenance expectations, and discharge coordination before admission.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Warren Barr Oak Lawn is located at 9401 S Kostner Ave, Oak Lawn, IL, 60453.

    About Warren Barr Oak Lawn

    Warren Barr Oak Lawn sits at 9401 South Kostner Avenue in Oak Lawn, Illinois, operating as a for-profit nursing home with 122 certified beds and about 100 residents each day, and since February 2023, it's been managed by Oakway Operations LLC and Legacy Healthcare Financial Services LLC, both tied to Legacy Healthcare. The place serves seniors needing skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, orthopedic care, wound care, memory care, and other medical support like cardiac care, stroke and neurological condition care, pulmonary care, oncology care, and post-surgical recovery, and folks can find specialty services like in-house dialysis and peritoneal dialysis at particular locations along with post-transplant programs and therapy sessions available every day of the week. Nurses watch over residents day and night and give about 3.67 hours of care per resident each day, which is higher than the state average, even if the nurse turnover rate is also higher than usual at 55.9%. There are 22 certified beds open as of June 2025, and the community accepts both Medicare and Medicaid.

    The place has gone through big renovations to make things more comfortable and safer for residents, investing in rehabilitation complexes and improving suites, while rooms come with private bathrooms, air conditioning, cable TV, Wi-Fi, and sometimes kitchenettes. Guests can use a community dining room where a professional chef handles allergy needs and special diets, and the facility has transportation and parking, plus provides housekeeping, laundry, and move-in help, while social and recreational amenities include things like a movie theater, game rooms, activity rooms, scheduled programs, fitness room, spa, outdoor areas, music options, and walking paths alongside daily community activities. Memory care combines 24-hour supervision and a safe environment with enrichment activities, and the skilled staff offers help with medications, daily needs, and mobility, while wound care gets oversight from certified specialists led by a WCC Nurse Director.

    You'll find accreditation for nursing care from The Joint Commission here, plus the Gold Seal of Approval for Post-Acute Care, and US News named it Best Nursing Homes 2025 for short-term rehabilitation. There's a resident council so everyone's voice can get heard about care and services, and the facility tries to support both residents and their families as much as possible, offering virtual and scheduled tours for those who want to see the place. Inspection data shows 28 total deficiencies, including three infection-related issues, and the staff and management, though highly dedicated, face the same complex challenges as many nursing homes, and the building is being upgraded to further enhance comfort and rehabilitation experiences for the people who live there.

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