The Selfhelp Home is an active and engaging not-for-profit retirement community designed to accommodate the needs of older Jewish adults throughout the Chicago area.
At Selfhelp, you’ll receive the care you need from staff members who are committed to ensuring your comfort! You will also find an inviting atmosphere, a vibrant lifestyle and friendly people with similar likes and interests.
Assisted Living
Short-Term Rehab
Skilled Nursing Care
Outpatient Therapy
Amenities we offer: https://selfhelphome.org/amenities/
About Our Facility
The Selfhelp Home has a history unlike any other senior living community in Chicago. It was founded in 1938, in the shadow of the Holocaust, as a purely volunteer mutual aid society where refugees and survivors could find community and rebuild their lives. It became a priority of the founders to provide a caring and comfortable home for them to live out their years with compassion, dignity and a high quality of life.
Today, it stands as a living, breathing testament to the human spirit and the name “Selfhelp” embodies the character, determination and fortitude of the founding men and woman who organized a volunteer network of European-Americans to care for the refugees fleeing Na**sm and, later, the rare survivors.
It was Jewish people helping Jewish people.
Selfhelp officially became a ‘Home” in 1951 when it purchased the old Drexel Mansion in Hyde Park, housing 19 residents. As the need surpassed space, Selfhelp purchased and rebuilt the building at 908 W. Argyle and, subsequently expanding and purchasing the 920 Arygle building next door several years later.
Today, The Selfhelp Home thrives as a boutique Jewish community where older adults experience the highest quality of life possible, founded on the principles of compassion and dignity. Selfhelp is among the most respected Jewish elder communities and nursing homes in the United States. The Selfhelp Home maintains the highest rating of 5 stars by Medicare and was awarded Best Nursing Homes by U.S. News and World Report in 2019-2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014.
