Balmoral Home
2055 West Balmoral Avenue, Chicago IL 60625 · (773) 561-8661 · 87.93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Balmoral Home is a very-large nursing home located in Chicago, Illinois. Featuring an overall score of B-, this appears to be a decent facility. Based on our analysis, this facility has some redeeming qualities. The best part of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 213 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection score. Its inspection grade was far superior to its overall score. In the inspections category, we gave it an A. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it a B+ in this category, which happens to be one of our more favorable scores. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This proved to be a real strength for this facility. It outperformed the vast majority of facilities in this area with 69.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third highest area ended up being long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Our long-term care scores are more critical for residents in need of more traditional services related to activities of daily living. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 63.962765 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be several points lower than the national average. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. This nursing home did not excel here either, with 3.24 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this figure is somewhat concerning, this number can be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of patients.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our next category, we gave this nursing home a D in our nursing category. This is the nursing home's least impressive category grade. Naturally, this score hurt the nursing home's overall profile a bit. When determining our nursing ratings, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. With just 1.7 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home was above average in two of the metrics we considered, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are usually reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Balmoral Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients which were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better