Aurora · 60505
Jennings Terrace
275 South Lasalle
Aurora, IL 60505
Alden of Waterford
⌖ Aurora, IL · Kane County
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Medicare overall rating 3 of 5 stars
Certified beds99
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (corporation)
About Alden of Waterford
Alden of Waterford is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in Aurora, IL. Medicare rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (average); the average in Illinois is 2.5. At its last full inspection (Mar 2025), inspectors found 13 problems, close to the Illinois average of 12.6. None of the problems in its recent inspections were found to have harmed residents. Nurses and aides spend about 3 hr 38 min a day with each resident, about the same as the Illinois average of 3 hr 27 min. About 44% of its nursing staff left in the past year. Medicare fined it $106,499 in the last three years. Its quality ratings are similar for short-term rehab (3 of 5) and long-term care (2 of 5).
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Key details
Facility nameAlden Of Waterford
LocationKane County, Illinois
Phone(630) 851-7266
Address2021 Randi Drive, Aurora, IL 60505 · Kane County
CMS provider number146008
Ownership typeFor-profit (corporation)
Operating companyThe Alden Network · 27 homes
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceSeptember 6, 2001 (25 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
2 strengths and 1 thing to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 3 care-quality measures are worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Serious health citationsNone on recordNo citations for actual harm or immediate jeopardy since Mar 2025.Strength
- Registered nurse time per resident1 hr 16 min a dayIllinois average: 43 minStrength
About average
- Health citations at last inspection13 (Mar 2025)Illinois average: 12.6. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.About average
- Nurse staffing per resident3 hr 38 min a dayIllinois average: 3 hr 27 minAbout average
- Nursing staff turnover44% a yearIllinois average: 44%About average
Things to ask about
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- Fines and penalties1 fine totaling $106,499Federal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Apr 2024 (about 2 years ago). The national average is $30,972 per home.Ask about this
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Illinois average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Short-term rehab
For a stay of a few weeks after a hospital visit, such as after surgery or a stroke.
- Sent back to the hospital29.3%State average: 26.1%About average
- Needed an emergency room visit15.4%State average: 13.9%About average
- Newly given antipsychotic drugs1.1%State average: 2.2%Better than average
Physical therapist time: about 10 minutes per resident a day. That is more than the state average of 3 minutes. If rehab is the goal, ask how many therapy sessions a week to expect.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury4.2%State average: 3.1%Worse than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)11.2%State average: 4.8%Worse than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs17.1%State average: 21.7%Better than average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days2.9State average: 2.0Worse than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Illinois average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Residents’ care here is paid by a mix of Medicaid, Medicare and private pay. In Illinois, Medicaid pays for 62% of resident days at a typical home.
- 38% Medicaid
- 30% Medicare
- 32% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average81%Illinois typical: 73%
Cost of care per resident day$444Illinois typical: $320
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 3 stars now, down from 5 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 2 to 5 stars and changed 12 times.
Overall rating3★
Health inspections3★
Staffing3★
Quality of care3★
Nurse hours per resident per day3.6
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3.3 |
| Jan 2020 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.1 |
| Jan 2021 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Jan 2022 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Jan 2023 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.0 |
| Jan 2024 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Feb 2025 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.3 |
| Sep 2026 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.6 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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