Elevate Care Riverwoods: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Elevate Care Riverwoods is a 240-bed for-profit nursing home in Riverwoods, Illinois, part of Elevate Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.89 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 9% below the Illinois average of 2.09, and 33.6% nursing staff turnover (Illinois average 44.5%).
Elevate Care Riverwoods
3705 Deerfield RoadRiverwoods, IL 60015
Lake 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 Elevate Care Riverwoods, nurse aides logged 1.89 hours per resident per day, 9% below the Illinois average. With about 148 residents a day, that works out to roughly 279 aide hours a day, or about 35 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Illinois avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.89 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.27 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.97 | 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
33.6% of nursing staff at Elevate Care Riverwoods left over the year CMS measured, against a Illinois average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 13.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 6, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 10 health deficiencies (Illinois average 12.5). CMS lists 5 fines totaling $152,893 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2025 | Fine | $48,028 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Payment Denial | 6 days from Sep 2, 2025 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Fine | $12,438 |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Fine | $9,452 |
| Jan 22, 2024 | Fine | $16,801 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | Fine | $66,174 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Elevate Care Riverwoods holds 3 of 5 overall; the Illinois average is 2.5.
About Elevate Care Riverwoods
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Elevate Care, 14 homes
- Legal name: Elevate Care Riverwoods LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1978
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Elevate Care Riverwoods
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Radford Green Lincolnshire | 1.1 | 84 | 3.02 | 5.41 | 35.7% | 5 | $206,689 |
| Greek American Rehab Care Ctr Wheeling | 1.7 | 188 | 2.50 | 3.83 | 28.3% | 4 | None |
| Addolorata Villa Wheeling | 2.0 | 86 | 2.97 | 4.97 | 19.0% | 5 | $181,021 |
| Warren Barr Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove | 2.1 | 200 | 1.81 | 3.27 | 40.9% | 3 | $9,311 |
| Serenity Estates of Lincolnshire Lincolnshire | 2.7 | 144 | 1.65 | 2.97 | 99.0% | 1 | $370,046 |
| Bella Terra Wheeling Wheeling | 3.2 | 215 | 1.89 | 3.23 | 36.0% | 4 | $28,054 |
| Avantara Long Grove Long Grove | 3.8 | 195 | 1.76 | 3.11 | 34.6% | 4 | None |
| Whitehall of Deerfield Deerfield | 4.0 | 190 | 2.41 | 4.64 | 41.9% | 3 | None |
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.