101 Prairie Mills Road, Golden, IL 62339 (opens Google Maps) · Adams County · (217) 696-4421· 46 certified beds · avg 32 residents/day · certified since Jul 1, 2007 · Medicare and Medicaid certified
Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →
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Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 2/5 · how star ratings work →
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.
▲ Actual harm, isolated · Nov 26, 2024 · F-0760
The facility did not keep residents free from significant medication errors — such as giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or missing a critical medication.
Why it matters: A serious medication error can cause real harm, hospitalization, or worse.
Severity (G): Actual harm was cited, below immediate jeopardy. The scope was isolated: limited residents, staff, or locations were affected. Scope describes the extent of the deficiency, not whether it happened on previous inspections.
Corrected: Dec 21, 2024 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
Showing the latest 3 of 17 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not keep residents free from significant medication errors — such as giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or missing a critical medication. F-0760
The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. F-0812
The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. F-0550
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2024 | ▲ G · Actual harm, isolated | The facility did not keep residents free from significant medication errors — such as giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or missing a critical medication. · F-0760 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. · F-0550 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not make reasonable adjustments to fit each resident's individual needs and preferences — things like call buttons within reach, preferred wake-up times, or accessible room setups. · F-0558 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. · F-0578 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide the care needed to maintain or improve residents' movement and flexibility — such as range-of-motion exercises — leading to avoidable decline. · F-0688 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. · F-0692 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. · F-0758 |
| Nov 26, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · F-0880 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not have a working program to monitor how antibiotics are used. Tracking antibiotic use helps make sure these drugs are given only when needed and remain effective. · F-0881 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. · F-0686 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · F-0689 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. · F-0758 |
| Aug 18, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not protect residents from abuse or neglect. This covers physical, mental, and sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect, by anyone — staff, other residents, or visitors. · F-0600 |
| Aug 18, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation. · F-0609 |
| Aug 18, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not respond appropriately to alleged violations, such as reports of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment. Facilities must investigate every allegation and protect residents while they do. · F-0610 |
| Aug 18, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · F-0689 |
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (4 → 9).
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | D |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | F |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | G ▲ |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
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0 fines totaling $0, plus 1 Medicare payment denial period.
Every penalty CMS publishes for this facility in the 3-year window is listed —none excluded. The count and the dollar total come from two different CMS datasets and agree for this facility. Penalties older than the window are dropped by CMS before publication, not by us.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2024 | Payment Denial | 60 days from Dec 26, 2024 |
What these staffing numbers mean →
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Measure | This facility | Illinois avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.68 | 2.99 | 3.95 | top 20% in Illinois; bottom 46% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.49 | 0.63 | 0.69 | bottom 50% in Illinois; bottom 37% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.41 | 2.67 | 3.50 | top 19% in Illinois; top 47% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.42 | 0.56 | 0.48 | bottom 42% in Illinois; top 45% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 36.4 | 44.5 | 45.8 | top 28% in Illinois; top 27% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | — | 41.8 | 42.9 | — |
Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.41, RN 0.46, weekend 3.16.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.41 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 1/5.
Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.
Quality measures rating: 2/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: 2/5
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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →
Non profit - Other
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruns, Paul | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/15/2024 |
| Bruns, Paul | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/15/2024 |
| Cassens, Cynthia | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/1981 |
| Cassens, Cynthia | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/1981 |
| Dixon, William | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2018 |
| Dixon, William | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2018 |
| Dixon, William | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/14/2025 |
| Gronewold, David | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2015 |
| Gronewold, David | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2015 |
| Heinecke, Carl | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/15/2024 |
| Heinecke, Carl | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/15/2024 |
| Higdon, Britney | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/07/2025 |
| Higdon, Britney | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/07/2025 |
| Higdon, Britney | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/23/2026 |
| Post, Curtis | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/07/2012 |
| Post, Curtis | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/07/2012 |
| Waite, Linda | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/15/2015 |
| Waite, Linda | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/15/2015 |
| Waterkotte, Jana | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2024 |
| Waterkotte, Jana | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2024 |
All 20 owning or managing parties CMS has on file are shown — none excluded.
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CMS records place this facility in Adams, IL — 6 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.
Listed by facility name — not a ranking. Homes already in the table above are not repeated here.
Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 146111.
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