Compiled from official CMS federal data
FOSTER HEALTH & REHAB CENTER, CHICAGO, IL — Violations & Inspection Reports
Does FOSTER HEALTH & REHAB CENTER have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FOSTER HEALTH & REHAB CENTER (CCN 146167), in CHICAGO, IL, has federal inspection findings. CMS currently displays its federal abuse icon for this facility — a flag CMS assigns under its own published methodology for abuse-related citations (deficiency tag F600 and related).
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 19 deficiencies; the most severe is rated F — which CMS classifies as "potential for harm," a level below actual harm (risk, but no harm confirmed). The latest standard health inspection on file is dated 2024-10-11. Earlier-cycle citations appear in the dated timeline below as historical, not current. CMS has $151,119 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. The record also includes 6 abuse- or neglect-related citations in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series; most recent Dec 2025). This page restates the federal record and draws no conclusion of its own.
Abuse-, fall-, and care-related findings on the federal record
- 6 citations in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series) — most recent Dec 2025.
- 2 citations for accident hazards or inadequate supervision (F689) — the deficiency family behind fall-related findings; most recent Oct 2024.
- 2 pressure-ulcer care citations (F686) — the consumer term is "bedsores"; most recent Nov 2023.
- 16 findings on file from complaint-triggered inspections.
Every figure above restates CMS’s own dated record; this page draws no conclusion of its own. Strict state filing deadlines can apply to nursing-home injury claims — a licensed attorney in your state can review this record.
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The Federal Record
CMS displays its federal abuse icon on this facility's official record.
Below is this facility's federal inspection record as on file with CMS.
Federal abuse icon on file
CMS displays this icon for facilities it has cited for resident abuse under its own published methodology — the government's own flag, restated here.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
CMS's own A–L scope/severity grid. Plotted cells mark this facility's most recent (current-cycle) citations.
Civil money penalties on file
$151,119
CMS also records 6 days of payment denial.
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About this record: Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
Deficiency timeline
Citations are listed by scope/severity (most severe first), not chronologically; each entry is labeled current-cycle or historical.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
54 more citations on file — Abuse & neglect 5 · Accidents & supervision 2 · Pressure ulcers 2 · Medication & pharmacy 8 · Resident rights 9 · Other citations 22 (expand)
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure a qualified health professional conducts resident assessments.
Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
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.
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
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 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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Overall CMS star rating
This facility: 2 · CMS state average: 2.6
Both figures as published by CMS.
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If something happened to someone you love at this facility, this federal record may be new to you today. The company that operates a nursing home, by contrast, is rarely seeing records like this for the first time — operators like these typically retain standing legal, risk, and insurance teams whose routine work includes records exactly like the one on this page. That is not a judgment of this facility; it is how the business is structured. Because strict time limits can apply, families often find it helps to have a qualified person review the record with them sooner rather than later.
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How to read this record
Making sense of a CMS inspection record
CMS scores every citation on a grid from A to L, combining how widespread a finding was with how serious it was. A–C is a deficiency CMS classifies as no harm; D–F as the potential for harm; G–I as actual harm that reached a resident; and J–L as immediate jeopardy, CMS’s most serious level. Later letters mark more serious findings.
Three questions to ask on a tour
- How is the home staffed on nights, weekends, and holidays?
- What happens when a resident’s condition changes suddenly?
- How, and how quickly, are families told about an incident?