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Community Information
Bethesda Home & Retirement Center is an assisted living facility in Chicago, IL. Bethesda Home & Retirement Center offers activities at their location for residents. These activities generally allow residents to maintain healthy lifestyles by encouraging movement and socializing with their peers.
Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Bethesda Home & Retirement Center offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Bethesda Home & Retirement Center provides meals for residents.
Staff is awake and available 24 hours a day so if any emergencies occur no matter the time, there will be someone ready to help.
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is 55 years old.
Staffing
Nurses on StaffDoctor on Call24-Hour Awake StaffVisiting PodiatristVisiting DentistVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Occupational TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care % Medium Care % Heavy Care % Bethesda Home & Retirement Center prefers that residents need: light care, medium care, heavy care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
This community offers diabetes care and can offer insulin injections, including sliding scale therapy.
Memory Care Offered
This community employs technology to prevent residents from wandering and becoming lost, for example bracelets that will ring an alarm if the resident leaves the community. The community's memory care section is in its own building.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community is equipped to use mechanical lifts transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Care
This community provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
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Transportation
Resident Parking AvailableTransportation at CostProperty Convenient to BuslineSmoking
Allowed OutdoorsAdditional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OnsiteDevotional Services OffsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Wheelchair Accessible ShowersHospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedVegetarianActivities Provided
We have regularly scheduled group activities like Get Creative (our art program); Facials, Manicures, & Hand Massages; the New Life for Old Bags volunteer project (making mats for the homeless out of used plastic bags); Movies; games from Golf to Bingo and Blackjack to Noodle Ball; Socials, like Wine Wednesday; holiday and birthday parties; Chapel Services, Rosary, Mass, and Memorial Services in addition to cook outs, exercise programs, games, Holiday Celebrations, Wii, guest performers and entertainers, gift shop, and a lot of other social and educational activities. There are two It’s Never Too Late (IN2L) touchscreen computer stations. They offer a wide variety of activities, trivia, games, and music. -
Average Room Pricing at Bethesda Home & Retirement Center
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 4170.00 Monthly 1 Bedroom 4800.00 Monthly Semi-Private 2 Bedrooms Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Estimated Fees at Bethesda Home & Retirement Center
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 5000.00 One-time Respite Fee 250.00 Daily Buy-In Fee High Care Needs Fee Medium Care Needs Fee Low Care Needs Fee 2nd Person Fee Disclaimer: The prices, amenities, features and care offered at senior communities are all subject to change; therefore information on this community profile may be out of date. Please note the costs per community are rough estimates; actual costs may vary depending on special offers and discounts, additional fees for services and care, and availability.
Paying for care
Commercial InsurancePrivate paySocial SecuritySeparate pricing structure for careVeteran's benefits
Nearby Communities
If Bethesda Home & Retirement Center isn't quite what you're looking for, take a look at a few other nearby communities that might be a better match.
Nearby Cities
| City | Distance | Number of Facilities | Average CostAverage Cost for 1 Bedroom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 0 miles | 21 | $4,310 |
| Melrose Park | 3 miles | 1 | $4,400 |
| Norridge | 3 miles | 1 | N/A |
| Oak Park | 3 miles | 3 | $4,950 |
| Niles | 5 miles | 1 | $3,440 |
| Northlake | 6 miles | 1 | $2,200 |
General Pricing Information for Chicago Assisted Living
| Room Type | Minimum Cost | Average Cost | Maximum Cost |
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| 1 Bedroom | $2,440 | $4,310 | $6,500 |
| 2 Bedrooms | $4,095 | $5,615 | $7,400 |
| Semi-Private | $1,875 | $2,575 | $2,970 |
| Studio | $2,400 | $3,530 | $5,800 |
Community Reviews
Highly recommend
reviewed on: 05/17/2021 by John NWe chose this facility because of the location, availability, ad we also liked their security. My mom was in memory care and they were all on one floor and there was a very good staff to patient... Read the full review.
Quality Facility that Cares!
reviewed on: 07/24/2019 by DiazFamilyMy father was at Bethesda for a few months this year. He was comfortable and happy. Bethesda is clean, inviting, and a quality facility. The employees care about their jobs and the residents. Our... Read the full review.
We are satisfied with this community!!!
reviewed on: 07/06/2016 by AnonymousI feel that the pricing of the nursing home is a scam. They offer one price and then raise it when you talk to them. The staff at Bethesda is good with my wife. They also offer good healthy... Read the full review.
Do not give water to patients!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
reviewed on: 07/08/2020 by KMy mother was scheduled for a family visit during Covid-19. While we were waiting, they found her unresponsive and needed to call 911. She was rushed by ambulance to nearest hospital. She was... Read the full review.
Unhappy
reviewed on: 09/14/2018 by KathleenMy husband Rip.💖, was there forban open wound care, 2017, all they cared about was Physical therapy 😠his room was not hardly clean, PT. Never locked his wheel chair when brought back to... Read the full review.
