With more than 25 facilities to choose from located in Chicago, Illinois, Alden Lincoln Park is one of the multitude of options in the city. This is a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Chicago, which admittedly is admittedly a little below average nationally. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection score, which we will address in the next section.
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Alden Lincoln Park
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few facilities performed better in this category. Our inspection grades are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Based on this, we still had a generally favorable view of this facility's recent inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second highest area ended up being its long-term care grade, where it received a C. In our long-term care category, we focus on the volume of services provided by a nursing home, as well as a series of quality statistics. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this facility vaccinates 94.94949 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility only received a grade of D for its short-term care score, which is not a score to write home about. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation To have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we scored was nursing, which turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. We gave it an abysmal F in this area, which is obviously very concerning. When determining our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alden Lincoln Park Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Alden Lincoln Park, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Alden Lincoln Park, 3.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Alden Lincoln Park, 2.49% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Alden Lincoln Park, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Alden Lincoln Park, 19.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Alden Lincoln Park, 31.81% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Alden Lincoln Park, 87.05% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Alden Lincoln Park, 13.3% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Many would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Alden Lincoln Park, 14.44% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Alden Lincoln Park, 14.44 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Alden Lincoln Park, 13.66 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Alden Lincoln Park, 69.52% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Chicago, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- 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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