Avantara Long Grove

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home received 10 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also received a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

We also gave this nursing home a middle of the pack grade in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a B-. For residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. 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 nursing home vaccinates 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

The final area we rated is nursing. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this category. When determining a facility's nursing score, we look at the amount of time nurses are with patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This place provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also considered a few quality-based statistics in this category. Although this nursing home did not rank highly in terms of its nursing hours per resident, it fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home fared better than average. This is generally a reliable indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care.