Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County is a 157-bed government-run nursing home in Joliet, Illinois. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.13 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 50% above the Illinois average of 2.09, and 35.7% nursing staff turnover (Illinois average 44.5%).
Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County
421 Doris AvenueJoliet, IL 60433
Will 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 Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County, nurse aides logged 3.13 hours per resident per day, 50% above the Illinois average. With about 146 residents a day, that works out to roughly 456 aide hours a day, or about 57 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) | 3.13 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.72 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.86 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.71 | 3.45 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.29 | 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
35.7% of nursing staff at Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County left over the year CMS measured, against a Illinois average of 44.5% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 4.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 31, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 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. Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County holds 4 of 5 overall; the Illinois average is 2.5.
About Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County
- Ownership: Government - County
- Legal name: County of Will
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 1996
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sunny Hill Nursing Home of Will County
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Spring Creek Joliet | 2.4 | 168 | 1.55 | 2.67 | 18.2% | 4 | $19,135 |
| The Pearl of Joliet Joliet | 3.1 | 214 | 1.76 | 3.13 | 42.6% | 1 | $106,223 |
| Joliet Living & Rehab Center Joliet · abuse citation | 3.4 | 120 | 1.31 | 2.26 | 24.5% | 3 | None |
| Parc Joliet Joliet · abuse citation | 3.4 | 203 | 1.93 | 3.14 | 36.2% | 2 | $25,830 |
| Avantara Joliet Joliet | 3.7 | 154 | 2.04 | 3.71 | 70.0% | 2 | $33,535 |
| Renwick Nursing and Rehab Joliet | 6.4 | 120 | 1.92 | 3.22 | 67.7% | 1 | $190,155 |
| Alden Estates of Shorewood Shorewood | 7.3 | 100 | 2.80 | 4.89 | 38.3% | 5 | None |
| Alden Courts of Shorewood Shorewood | 7.3 | 50 | 2.53 | 4.36 | 36.1% | 4 | 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.