CCN 146013 · Cook County, Illinois
Berkeley Nursing & Rehab Center
6909 West North Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302
Berkeley Nursing & Rehab Center is a 72-bed for-profit nursing home in Oak Park, Illinois, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2002. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 60.4 residents a day, about 84% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $3.6 million originally, at 2.85%, with $2.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in September 2040.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 72
- Average residents per day
- 60.4 (83.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Individual
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Berkeley Nursing and Rehab
- Certified since
- Feb 1, 2002
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- 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 | 4 of 5 | State spread: 245 at 1, 112 at 2, 103 at 3, 108 at 4, 93 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 2.53 | 3.29 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.28 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.6% | 43.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 83.9% | 76.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 19 totaling $283,994 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Apr 4, 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). Berkeley Nursing & Rehab Center meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blisko, JosephIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 99% | 09/01/2009 |
| Blisko, NancyIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 09/01/2009 |
| Irni, AlanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2010 |
| Morgenstern, PhillipIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/19/2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2012 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Berkeley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 72 beds. Lender at endorsement: Greystone Funding Company LLC | $3,614,600 | Active: 2.85%, $2,162,737 balanceMatures Sep 1, 2040. Servicer: Walker and Dunlop LLC | 07122207 |
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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