An acquaintance of mine's mother is in the hospital ( for what exactly, I don't know, she hasn't said). I do know that she is looking to find an excellent, recommended rehab facility for her where she can receive skilled nursing care for a couple of weeks in order to build back her strength. They live on the north side of Chicago but are willing to go anywhere that someone has had a good experience with.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
The best option is for your friend to tour LTC facilities in the area and ask for recommendations from the social workers. The patient's primary MD or partner may go to one of the facilities and would be able to follow her up there. There are good facilities on the north side and downtown.
I work part time at Wauconda Rehab. and Healthcare. It is right off of Rt. 176 and is very good. The address is 176 Thomas Court. I don't know the phone number off hand. May you can check it out.
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You should check out St. Joseph Village-- they have a very good skilled nursing section and assisted living. The facility is very new (just a couple of years old), beautiful on the inside (make sure you have a look at the chapel!), and they've had two perfect surveys the past two years from the Illinois Dept. of Public Health.
It's located on the North Side, too, which may be helpful for your mother's acquaintance. They are located at 4021 N. Belmont Ave. (one block west of Pulaski). ###-###-####
The website is http://www.stjosephvillageofchicago.com
The only way you'll know if the place is somewhere your mother's acquaintance might spend a couple of weeks to get stronger is to make an appt. to tour the facility.
(In the interest of full disclosure: my M. is the Director of Nursing there, and I'm immensely proud of the work she and her skilled nursing team do at St. Joseph Village. I've also visited a lot of friends at other nursing homes-- so I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly, if you know what I mean-- so I can honestly say that St. Joseph Village is the best looking, smelling place with a positive atmosphere that I've been to. The perfect IDPH surveys just put it over the top.)
The Alden on Touhy is fantastic. It is right of the edens in Skokie. Easy to get to and the care is fantastic my M. was there for 3.5 weeks this year. They have a great rehab center
