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Beacon Health Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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4538 North Beacon,
Chicago IL 60640

(773) 275-7200

60.41% estimated occupancy 1

Beacon Health Center is a large nursing home located in Chicago, Illinois. With a really poor overall grade of F, this facility didn't fare well in our assessment. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it received a decent short-term care score this year. We gave it a C in that area. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be more meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we awarded this facility an D. Nursing grades are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This place performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Among this place's alarming category grades was a lowly F for its inspection rating. Typically, this indicates we found some red flags on the facility's inspections. With places that received this bad of an inspection score, we would scrutinize the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was assessed significant government fines amounting to more than $100,000. This typically indicates that a facility's poor performance spanned multiple years.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Moving on to our final category, this facility didn't fare very well in this category either. Due to a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 98.49397 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Beacon Health Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Beacon Health Center, 15.52% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Beacon Health Center, 0.9% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a fall which caused major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Beacon Health Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Beacon Health Center, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Beacon Health Center, 9.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Beacon Health Center, 97% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Beacon Health Center, 92.26% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Beacon Health Center, 4.63% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Beacon Health Center, 2.13% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Beacon Health Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Beacon Health Center, 2.13% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Beacon Health Center, 6.74% of Patients

This 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

Grade: A

In Beacon Health Center, 92.98% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements.

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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Nearby Dialysis

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