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The Waterford Care Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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7445 North Sheridan Road,
Chicago IL 60626

(773) 338-3300

95.88% estimated occupancy 1

The Waterford Care Center is a facility located in Chicago, Illinois which has 2,680,484 people. Featuring an overall rating of C, this appears to be a decent facility. This place seems to have some things going for it. The best part of this place's report card was is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, although this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this subcategory.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also awarded this nursing home a middle of the road grade in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of B-. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.852776 percent of its residents. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home's weakest category was short-term care, which is the final category we looked at. We gave it a lowly F in this area. Even with some decent scores in other categories, this score is still concerning so we wanted to draw your attention to it. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. With its abysmal score in this category, we were not stunned to discover that this facility provided substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4 percent of its patients returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

The Waterford Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In The Waterford Care Center, 5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In The Waterford Care Center, 0.76% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients who have experienced falls which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In The Waterford Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In The Waterford Care Center, 14.15% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In The Waterford Care Center, 67.29% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In The Waterford Care Center, 78.72% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In The Waterford Care Center, 9.4% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In The Waterford Care Center, 9.32% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In The Waterford Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In The Waterford Care Center, 9.32% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In The Waterford Care Center, 9.72% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.

Scores for Chicago, IL

  • Overall Rating has a grade of D
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

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