CCN 145669 · Lake County, Illinois
Elevate Care Waukegan
2222 Audrey Nixon Boulevard, Waukegan, IL 60085
Elevate Care Waukegan is a 265-bed for-profit nursing home in Waukegan, 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 170.4 residents a day, about 64% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $21.2 million originally, at 6.63%, with $20.7 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in November 2057.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 265
- Average residents per day
- 170.4 (64.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Elevate Care Waukegan LLC
- Certified since
- Dec 29, 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 | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 2.96 | 3.29 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.52 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 24.6% | 43.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 64.3% | 76.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 5 totaling $58,764 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 26 (Mar 11, 2026) | ||
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 Waukegan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rothner, DanielIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 01/01/2019 |
| Rothner, MelissaIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 01/01/2019 |
| Rothner, RachelIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 01/01/2019 |
| Rudolph, KimberlyIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 01/01/2019 |
| Vales, AdamIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 01/01/2019 |
| Vales, KathrynIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 01/01/2019 |
| Elevate Care IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Andrews, AmandaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Jain, SachinIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Lobo, AimanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Meystel, MeirIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Meystel, MosheIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Schmidt, ElizabethIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Spector, JenniferIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2019 | Elevate Care Waukegan LLC | Glenlake Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd |
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 12, 2023 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Elevate Care Waukegan, 242 beds. Lender at endorsement: Walker and Dunlop LLC | $21,249,700 | Active: 6.63%, $20,732,734 balanceMatures Nov 1, 2057. Servicer: Walker and Dunlop LLC | 07122532 |
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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