Bella Terra Morton Grove
8425 Waukegan Road, Morton Grove, IL, 60053
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Legacy Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 211 · avg 146 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 46.8% — near the Illinois averageIllinois avg: 45.0% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 30.4% — lower than most Illinois nursing homesIllinois avg: 42.3% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Illinois averageIllinois avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $53,913 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 145198
- Certified beds
- 211 beds · avg 146 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Morton Grove Living & Rehab Center, Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Legacy Healthcare
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Legacy Healthcare chain — 89 facilities across 3 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.9 / 5.
Disclosed owners (4 on record)
- Laurie Daugherty
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2021
- Chaim z Rajchenbach
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2014
- Menachem Shabat
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2014
- mg Property Holdings Llc
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2014
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 44)
- G0689·Feb 26, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0726·Jun 18, 2025Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- D0658·Jun 18, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0656·Jun 18, 2025Complaint
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.
- G0600·Jun 18, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- G0550·Jun 18, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- F0725·Apr 17, 2025
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- D0688·Apr 17, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20261 fine · $19K
- 20241 fine · $14K
- 20231 fine · $21K
Most recent events
- Feb 26, 2026Fine · $19K
- Mar 7, 2024Fine · $14K
- Oct 31, 2023Fine · $21K
Largest single fine on record: $21K.
Fire-safety citations
26 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Apr 17, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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