Illinois
How to check a Illinois memory care inspection record
Search the home's name on the Illinois Department of Public Health facility lookup and open its record. Assisted living establishments follow 77 Ill. Adm. Code 295. On a StarlynnCare profile the red tag is Type 1. A rule number names the rule. It does not, by itself, describe what the inspector saw.
Where is the official record?
Search the home's name on the Illinois Department of Public Health facility lookupand open its record. This directory's page for the home lists the inspections we hold.
Assisted living establishments follow 77 Ill. Adm. Code 295. When a citation names a rule, that names the rule. It does not describe what the inspector saw. A rule about a dementia program is not a designation that the home provides memory care.
The license names are in how Illinois licenses memory care.
What should I read in a report?
- The date. A finding from last month says more about the home today than one from three years ago.
- Whether the visit followed a complaint, or was a routine inspection.
- The rule cited and the inspector's description of what happened. Read the text, not only the code.
- The severity label the state used. The next section says what that label means on a profile here.
- Whether a later inspection found the same problem again.
What does the red tag mean on a StarlynnCare profile?
On an Illinois profile, the red tag is Type 1. A Type 1 citation is not a memory care designation.
A serious citation in this count is a Type A finding, or a finding stored at severity 3 or higher, on an inspection in the last 24 months. The figure counts homes, not findings. It matches the table on /data.
The profile lists inspections from the last 3 years. Findings older than that can remain in the record we hold.
What records do we hold for Illinois?
The state counts could not be loaded.
What should I ask the home?
- Ask about each finding from the last 24 months, and what the home changed afterward.
- Ask whether any complaint investigation is still open.
- Ask to see the most recent inspection report the home received.
Common questions
Where do I look up an Illinois assisted living inspection?
On the Illinois Department of Public Health facility lookup. Search the home's name and open its record. The StarlynnCare page for the home lists the inspections we hold.
What is a Type 1 citation in Illinois?
Type 1 is the red tag on an Illinois profile. A Type 1 citation is not a memory care designation.
Does a rule number tell me what the inspector saw?
No. When the public file names a rule, such as a section of 77 Ill. Adm. Code 295, that names the rule. It does not describe what the inspector saw.
Does a clean inspection record mean a home is safe?
No. An inspection records what the state found on the day it looked. Read the newest report, check whether later visits followed a complaint, and visit the home yourself.