Where They Care · plain answers about nursing homes

Selfhelp Home of Chicago

908 West Argyle Street, Chicago, IL 60640 · 72 beds · Non profit - Corporation

The records flag: 1 citation where a resident was harmed.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★★★★
Much above average · 5 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
5.23
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 2.99
Weekend RN coverage
−26%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
24%
state average 44%
1 citation where a resident was harmed
Harm was found, without immediate danger to life.
Registered nurse staffing above the state average
1.63 hours per resident per day, against a state average of 0.63.
Staff turnover of 24% is below the state average
The average across this state is 44%.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
1.63 hrs
Weekends
1.21 hrs
IL average
0.63 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage is about 26% lower at weekends.

Staff turnover: 24%

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 21 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Actual harm
A resident was harmed, without immediate danger to life
1
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
20
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
0

1 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Boss, Carmen Operational or managerial control 09/27/1999
Cauinian, Anne Marie Operational or managerial control 07/09/2018
Chavez, David Operational or managerial control 05/20/2019
Dubovick, Chaim Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control 08/30/2024
Edwards, Erica Operational or managerial control 11/15/2021
Elkin, Lauren Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 02/03/2023
Gan, Carmelita Operational or managerial control 04/07/1996
Liggett, Anna Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 06/01/2019
Metovic, Sofia Operational or managerial control 07/25/1989
Sanchez Arias, Elizabeth Operational or managerial control 04/08/2019
Yeboah, Adwoa Operational or managerial control 12/28/2012
Altkorn, Diane Corporate director 09/11/2024
Bensinger, Eytan Corporate director 05/01/2016
Bierig, Jack Corporate director 10/01/1988
Eggener, Richard Corporate director 09/01/2020
Gimpel, James Corporate director 05/01/2020
Hartmann, Nathaniel Corporate director 09/01/2018
Hirsch, Austin Corporate director 01/01/1990
Hork, Marc Corporate director 08/01/2017
Juss, Raphael Corporate director 09/01/2004
Kane, Nicole Corporate director 09/11/2024
Kohn, Arthur Corporate director 04/01/2020
Levy, Steven Corporate officer, Additional disclosable party 01/31/2019
Lichtenfeld, Samuel Corporate director 09/11/2024
Nechtow, Stephen Corporate director 01/01/1998
Perlstein, Michael Corporate director 01/01/2010
Reizner, Ilene Corporate director 05/01/2020
Ries, Michael Corporate director 01/01/2008
Wolf, Daniel Corporate director 05/01/1995
Wolf, Jerrold Corporate director 01/01/2017
Wolf, Judith Corporate director 10/01/2000

Of the 31 parties disclosed here, 0 hold an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Complete Care at Margate Park
Chicago
0.2 1 0.34 +14%
Admiral at the Lake, The
Chicago
0.2 4 1.15 −40%
Alden Lakeland Rehab & Hcc
Chicago
0.3 1 0.64 +0%
All American Vlge Nrsg & Rhb
Chicago
0.6 2 0.22 −8%
Mado Healthcare - Uptown
Chicago
0.6 1 0.43 +3%
Aperion Care Wesley
Chicago
0.7 1 0.59 −21%
Complete Care at Sheriden Commons
Chicago
0.8 3 0.56 +0%
Carlton at the Lake, The
Chicago
0.8 2 0.60 +35%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.