Selfhelp Home of Chicago: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Selfhelp Home of Chicago is a 72-bed nonprofit nursing home in Chicago, Illinois. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.99 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 43% above the Illinois average of 2.09, and 24.4% nursing staff turnover (Illinois average 44.5%).
Selfhelp Home of Chicago
908 West Argyle StreetChicago, IL 60640
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 Selfhelp Home of Chicago, nurse aides logged 2.99 hours per resident per day, 43% above the Illinois average. With about 59 residents a day, that works out to roughly 178 aide hours a day, or about 22 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) | 2.99 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.35 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.51 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.85 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.39 | 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
24.4% of nursing staff at Selfhelp Home of Chicago left over the year CMS measured, against a Illinois average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 9.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 14, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 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. Selfhelp Home of Chicago holds 5 of 5 overall; the Illinois average is 2.5.
About Selfhelp Home of Chicago
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: The Selfhelp Home Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 3, 2001
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
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| Mado Healthcare - Uptown Chicago | 0.6 | 132 | 1.69 | 2.87 | 29.9% | 1 | $123,614 |
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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.