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Birchwood Plaza brings together skilled nursing and rehabilitation expertise in Chicago, Illinois with genuine attention to each person's recovery goals. Our team focuses on helping patients regain strength and independence through personalized care plans and evidence-based therapies.
Capacity
200 residents
Location
Chicago, IL
Status
Listed in a public registry
1426 WEST BIRCHWOOD, Chicago, Illinois 60626
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on February 10, 2026, state inspectors cited 11 health deficiencies (the Illinois average is 12.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 7 minutes with each resident a day, below the Illinois average of 3 hours 27 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Birchwood Plaza in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 7 minutesBelow the Illinois average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 45 minutes |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 26%Below the Illinois average |
30 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
February 10, 2026 · Standard inspection · 11 citations
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
April 3, 2025 · Standard inspection · 8 citations
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
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State inspectors visited on February 10, 2026 and cited 11 health deficiencies. The Illinois average is 12.5.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 7 minutes with each resident per day, including 45 minutes from registered nurses. 26% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Birchwood Plaza in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.