CCN 145630 · Cook County, Illinois
Elevate Care North Branch
6840 West Touhy Avenue, Niles, IL 60714
Elevate Care North Branch is a 212-bed for-profit nursing home in Niles, Illinois, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1989. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 151.3 residents a day, about 71% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $16 million originally, at 3.15%, with $14.1 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in October 2055.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 212
- Average residents per day
- 151.3 (71.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Elevate Care North Branch LLC
- Certified since
- Aug 1, 1989
- Chain or affiliated group
- Elevate Care (14 facilities, chain average 2.2 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 | 2 of 5 | State spread: 245 at 1, 112 at 2, 103 at 3, 108 at 4, 93 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.41 | 3.29 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.90 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.4% | 43.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 71.4% | 76.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 3 totaling $175,040 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 14 (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). Elevate Care North Branch meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevate Care IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Andrews, AmandaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Javier, JosephIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Lloren, AlbertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Meystel, MeirIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Meystel, MosheIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Rubenstein, BrianIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Spector, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Turofsky, StevenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
| Wilhelm, NaftaliIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2020 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2020 | Elevate Care North Branch LLC | Forest Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2020 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Elevate Care North Branch, 167 beds. Lender at endorsement: First American Capital Group Corp | $16,026,500 | Active: 3.15%, $14,127,723 balanceMatures Oct 1, 2055. Servicer: First American Capital Group C | 07122447 |
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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