Community First Medical Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Community First Medical Center is a 66-bed for-profit nursing home in Chicago, Illinois. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.23 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% above the Illinois average of 2.09, and 31.3% nursing staff turnover (Illinois average 44.5%).
Community First Medical Center
5645 West Addison StreetChicago, IL 60634
Cook County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Community First Medical Center, nurse aides logged 2.23 hours per resident per day, 7% above the Illinois average. With about 9 residents a day, that works out to roughly 21 aide hours a day, or about 3 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Illinois avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.23 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 5.39 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 7.62 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 6.44 | 3.08 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
31.3% of nursing staff at Community First Medical Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Illinois average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 28.6%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 9, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (Illinois average 12.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Community First Medical Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Illinois average is 2.5.
About Community First Medical Center
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Legal name: Community First Healthcare of Illinois Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 12, 1985
- Located inside a hospital
- Area: urban
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Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.