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Strong Medicare quality ratings; public reviewers often praise caring and loving administration. Still worth an in-person visit.
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Avir at Itasca has a strong overall Medicare rating. Public reviewers frequently mention: caring and loving administration and home-style cooking. Review the component ratings and current source records before deciding.
Families should approach this facility with significant caution due to serious allegations regarding hygiene and resident mistreatment. While some long-term residents and their families praise the caring staff and home-style cooking, others have reported severe neglect, including poor personal hygiene and lack of professional integrity.
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The owner provides personalized responses by addressing reviewers by name and acknowledging specific sentiments when present in the text. They maintain a polite, appreciative, and warm tone across all interactions.
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Key Review Excerpts
“The administration and staff here are all about making the resident's star comfortable and with a real home style cooking, it's the best I've seen.”
“The facility is small, drab and aged but the care is 100%. It does not have state of the art anything and not all the plumbing works but its residents are healthy and active and always smiling.”
“If you hate your family member and want them slowly drained of all self worth then this is the place. My mother became a resident there 12/19 and it seemed great! Everything does in the beginning, then the truth reveals itself.”
Both RN and total nursing hours are below the EveryPlace reference benchmarks. Ask the facility how it staffs each shift for current resident needs.
Reference benchmarks (0.75 RN and 4.1 total nursing hours per resident/day) are comparison targets, not current federal minimum requirements.
Resident outcomes compared with national, state, and local averages · 16 measures
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Detailed Medicare record · up to 3-year lookback
Families have filed complaints triggering several inspections at this facility, with 23 total deficiencies found across safety and environmental conditions, food service, and resident rights protections. The most recurring problems involve keeping corridors clear for emergencies, proper room sizing, heating/ventilation systems, and food safety standards. While all identified issues show correction dates, the pattern of repeated violations in basic safety areas and the fact that family complaints prompted investigations suggest potential ongoing concerns that warrant careful consideration during visits.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Smoke Deficiencies
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Services Deficiencies
Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Egress Deficiencies
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Egress Deficiencies
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Smoke Deficiencies
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Services Deficiencies
Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Environmental Deficiencies
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Eastland Memorial Hospital District
for profit
409 S FILES STREET OPCO LLC
KAREN RODRIGUEZ
Avir Health Group
116 facilities nationwide
Chain avg rating: 2.3/5 · Rank 1 of 90 (Highest rating)
Owners
409 S Files Street Holdings, LLC
Owner · Organization
Eastland Memorial Hospital District
Owner · Organization
Dagan, Amitai
Individual is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any Adp of the Snf
Goldberger, Abraham
Individual is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any Adp of the Snf
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