CCN 145316 · Will County, Illinois
Aperion Care Wilmington
555 West Kahler, Wilmington, IL 60481
Aperion Care Wilmington is a 171-bed for-profit nursing home in Wilmington, Illinois, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1976. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 161.1 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $16.2 million originally, at 2.99%, with $14.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in March 2049.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 171
- Average residents per day
- 161.1 (94.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Island City Rehabilitation Center, LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1976
- Chain or affiliated group
- Aperion Care (33 facilities, chain average 2.0 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Illinois median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 245 at 1, 112 at 2, 103 at 3, 108 at 4, 93 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 2.15 | 3.29 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 1.94 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 43.3% | 43.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 94.2% | 76.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 3 totaling $153,859 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 24 (Apr 18, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Aperion Care Wilmington does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1, the abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rajchenbach Family TrustOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 17% | 09/01/2013 |
| Aperion Care IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2013 |
| Aladin, MustafaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2013 |
| Frank, MariaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2013 |
| Hardaman, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2013 |
| Spector, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2013 |
| Turofsky, StevenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2013 |
| Ulbert, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2013 |
| Wilhelm, NaftaliIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2013 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2021 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Aperion Care Wilmington, 171 beds. Lender at endorsement: Walker and Dunlop LLC | $16,240,000 | Active: 2.99%, $14,241,874 balanceMatures Mar 1, 2049. Servicer: Walker and Dunlop LLC | 07122500 |
| Feb 19, 2019 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Aperion Care Wilmington, 171 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital One Mf Finance LLC | $16,240,000 | Ended Oct 13, 2021Prepayment | 07122394 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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