St Pauls House

I am a volunteer at St. Pauls House. I have interacted with staff, administration, and most of all the residents in Assisted Living and the Memory Units. I have seen genuine care and concern offered by both staff, nurses and the front-​line CNA’s who have the best interests of the residents at heart. There are many daily activities that hold the resident’s interest from exercise class, to game night, worship celebrations, movies, Bible Study and more. A variety of entertainment opportunities provide chances for staff and residents to interact. I have had the privilege and pleasure of accompanying residents on day trips and have seen the genuine enjoyment this brings to the residents. Pastoral care is one of the many important dimension of St. Pauls approach of providing holistic care. I have been favorably impressed in my interactions with everyone at St. Pauls House. Come and see for yourself. Think about being a volunteer. You won’t go wrong if you do decide to volunteer, your gifts and yourself will be warmly welcomed.

St. Paul’s was 1 of 4 options for my father who was recovering from a stroke, based on information from there website and pics of the facility we decided to go with this nursing rehab center and unfortunately this was the worst choice they lack communication between nursing/​CNA/​social workers etc. I never received an admissions package but that was the least of the issues, my father who had left side paralysis fell three times with the last one landing him in the hospital he was there for less than two months and sustained three falls! The staff tends to be bothered when simple requests like water where made for the patient. Needless to say my father did not return to this facility and I have attempted to go two times to pick up his belongings and no one knows where they are at!
Please please please do your research on nursing homes and if you have to place your loved one here outline exactly the type of needs your loved one needs and unfortunately you will need to continuously stay on top on them.
The CNA’s seem to be better equipped and willing to help out unlike the nurses who don’t want to be bothered and management seems to be ok with that!

Unfortunately I did not have a great experience. My mother, 89 years old, is a high risk for falling. When my mom fell and was released to St. Pauls for rehab, she was there for a month and spent most, if not all, her time in a wheelchair. At the end of the month when released back to assisted living, I told them that mom has not walked independently without assistance for over a month and said she would fall again. Needless to say she was released on a Friday, fell three times on Saturday with the third time admitting her to ER. She was again released to St. Pauls for rehab but the same was done. Always in a wheelchair. I had to move my mother into a nursing home for ²⁴⁄₇ care and upon initial assessment my mother had an open wound on her lower back and a blister on each foot. My mother is a diabetic and this could have been dangerous. I was only told about the one blister and nothing else was noted. Thank goodness my mother is out of there as I fear what else could have happened if she remained in their care.

We are very impressed with St. Paul’s House! We moved our 88 year old friend into Assisted Living there last March and it was a godsend. Everything there is beyond our expectations. The facility is spotless, the staff is friendly, the nurses are knowledgeable and work with you to answer questions and make adjustments if needed. It’s not a huge place, so the attention their residents is easy. They have a fun activity schedule, weekly outings, chapel in the building, etc. We are so happy and so is our elderly friend, Dorothy.

Life is precious. And when one’s independence is lost, it is comforting to know that …
There’s a place for us,
Somewhere a place for us.
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere.
–Leonard Bernstein
…and that somewhere may be at St. Paul’s House.
It’s not fancy, by any means, yet, it’s the best care one can get when that moment in time shows us what’s really important in life.
…never imagined I would come out of «hiding» with a review for a nursing home, but I need to let all of Chicago know just how special St. Paul’s House was for my mother.
Being part of an extended multi-​cultural family, in whose culture does not allow one’s mother in the care of anyone else, let alone a nursing home, it was comforting to know that my mother’s needs – as well as our own concerns – would be met. And after having endured over five years of many ins/​outs of hospitals, surgeries, procedures, and rehab at various other nursing homes who treated her as a «number,» the staff at St. Paul was cognizant that my mother was first, a human-​being, deserving of loving hands.
St. Paul’s was truly a home and I – as well as my mother – felt embraced by their love, care and compassion for my extraordinary mother whom they, unfortunately, had never really gotten the pleasure to know. My mother’s final «visit» to a nursing home would entail the hands of an extraordinary staff who knew, not only how to care for our beloved mother, but understand her as a child of God. Arlene Caluen, the Nurse Liaison, understood this very well. From the moment we knew our mother would be going to this home, she handled the transition with the utmost delicacy, respect and care, addressing the family one by one, as individuals. No question went unanswered, no emotion went without acknowledgement – no words can describe the dignity she afforded my mother in addressing all my family’s concerns.
St. Paul’s tremendous sense of one’s needs goes far beyond and exemplifies what nursing homes should epitomize; kudos to them for understanding this at a very basic, human level.

Non-​denominational Christian nursing home and independent living center in the city near parks. They have apartments for those who can live on their own, and there is full-​time care available, too.