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Community Information
Selfhelp Home is an assisted living facility in Chicago, IL. Selfhelp Home 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 Selfhelp Home 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 Selfhelp Home 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. Making sure residents with diabetes monitor their insulin levels is clearly an important task and Selfhelp Home can help with that task.
Unique Features
* Clean, exceptionally nice and well decorated
* 100% Jewish Clientele — a dozen or more Holocaust survivors
* Concerts every Sunday night
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Residents
MaleFemaleThe minimum age that a resident may be is 65 years old.
Staffing
Nurses on Staff24-Hour Awake StaffHomecare OnsiteVisiting PodiatristVisiting DentistVisiting Physical TherapistVisiting Speech Therapist
Facility Care Level
Care Level Percentage Light Care % Medium Care % Heavy Care % Selfhelp Home prefers that residents need: light care, medium care
Additional Services
Diabetic Care
The community can help residents monitor their blood sugar but cannot give insulin injections.
Incontinence Care
This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide a 1 person assisted 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 AvailableComplimentary TransportationProperty Convenient to BuslineSmoking
Additional Amenities
Activities OnsiteActivities OffsiteDevotional Services OnsiteOutdoor Common AreasIndoor Common AreasBeautician OnsiteOther Services
Wheelchair Accessible ShowersFull TubsHospice AvailableRespite OfferedAging in PlaceMeals
Meals ProvidedAdditional info: No Mashgiach on premisis
Activities Provided
Morning Exercise 5 days a week . Sitting Tai Chi. Yoga . Art Discussion Groups. Lectures on History and Religious Topics. News and Views. Book Club. Movies in our Movie Theater. Live Classical Music Concerts featuring well known musicians (weekly on Sunday and during the week). Out trips to museums or out to lunch. Cards. Computer Lessons. Inter-generational Programming. Sing Along . Tell a Story . -
Average Room Pricing at Selfhelp Home
Room Type Assisted Living Studio 3190.00 Monthly 1 Bedroom 3990.00 Monthly Semi-Private 2 Bedrooms 4430.00 Monthly 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 Selfhelp Home
Fee Type Assisted Living Community Fee 1000.00 One-time Respite Fee Buy-In Fee High Care Needs Fee 650.00 Monthly Medium Care Needs Fee 225.00 Monthly 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 Selfhelp Home 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 |
| Lincolnwood | 4 miles | 1 | N/A |
| Evanston | 5 miles | 3 | $5,160 |
| Niles | 8 miles | 1 | $3,440 |
| Morton Grove | 9 miles | 1 | $3,500 |
| Norridge | 9 miles | 1 | N/A |
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
Review of Selfhelp Home in Chicago, IL
reviewed on: 01/14/2015 by Alice FinkThis is a wonderful retire community. Everyone gets the proper individual care. Caregivers are doing a good job and specific wishes are mostly attended to. Thank you to the Selfhelp staff who... Read the full review.
Review of Selfhelp Home in Chicago, IL
reviewed on: 01/14/2015 by MargieEverything is very nice, very clean, very beautiful. The food is perfect, always tasty, well prepared and served. The dietary staff is very helpful and accommodating.
Kosher Downtown
reviewed on: 07/16/2013 by DovidI've been to Self Help a few times to visit residents on the Jewish holidays. This community has been around for a long time and is one of the few that has Kosher kitchens. Regular Shabbat... Read the full review.
Review of Selfhelp Home in Chicago, IL
reviewed on: 01/15/2015 by AnonymousMany years of excellent care. Both Husband and Wife. Enjoyed all of the entertainment, services and care.
Not a good place
reviewed on: 01/07/2018 by NatalieWorst place the dining room is freezing in the winter time, the food is absolutely terrible and the kitchen manager will not even listen to resident complaints. I am shocked this is considered a... Read the full review.
