Bria of Palos Hills is a very-large facility located in Palos Hills, Illinois. This nursing home is a middle of the road facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our ratings, there are certainly much worse facilities out there. The best part of this facility's profile is is its short-term care rating. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
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Bria of Palos Hills
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in our short-term care rating, with an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our short-term care grades are arguably more meaningful for patients requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home earned an B in nursing. Nursing grades are mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving a patient more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
Moving on to inspections, we gave this nursing home a grade of just D for this category. This was one of this nursing home's weaker links. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. Generally, you should be especially cautious when considering a nursing home that has severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This particular facility was assessed a deficiency by CMS. Fortunately, it was not in one of the categories that suggest that it caused a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we need to point out that this place was assessed significant government fines of more than $100,000. This generally means that a nursing home's poor track record spanned several years.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the next area, this facility really did not fare well. Due to an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is this facility's weakest category grade. Nursing homes that don't score well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated 26.460482 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is several points below average. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bria of Palos Hills Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bria of Palos Hills, 10.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bria of Palos Hills, 1.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who experienced a fall which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bria of Palos Hills, 0.35% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bria of Palos Hills, 12.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bria of Palos Hills, 10.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bria of Palos Hills, 95.88% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bria of Palos Hills, 44.17% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bria of Palos Hills, 5.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bria of Palos Hills, 9.96% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bria of Palos Hills, 9.96% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bria of Palos Hills, 7.65% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bria of Palos Hills, 78.4% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Palos Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.26 miles away12251 South 80th Avenue Palos Heights Illinois 60463Voluntary non-profit - Private(708) 923-4000
- Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.56 miles away4440 W 95th Street Oak Lawn Illinois 60453Voluntary non-profit - Church(708) 684-8000
- Little Company of Mary HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.59 miles away2800 W 95th St Evergreen Park Illinois 60805Voluntary non-profit - Other(708) 422-6200
- Adventist La Grange Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.56 miles away5101 S Willow Springs Rd La Grange Illinois 60525Voluntary non-profit - Church(708) 352-1200
- Holy Cross HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.02 miles away2701 W 68th Street Chicago Illinois 60629Voluntary non-profit - Private(773) 884-9000
- Adventist Hinsdale HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.9 miles away120 North Oak St Hinsdale Illinois 60521Voluntary non-profit - Private(630) 856-9000
- Macneal HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.13 miles away3249 South Oak Park Avenue Berwyn Illinois 60402Proprietary(708) 783-9100
- Roseland Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.92 miles away45 W 111th Street Chicago Illinois 60628Voluntary non-profit - Other(773) 995-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- Usrc - Hickory Hills Dialysis1.01 miles away9640 S. Roberts Road Suite B-3a Hickory Hills Illinois 60457Dialysis Stations: 13 (708) 459-9598
- Davita - Chicago Ridge Dialysis1.96 miles away10511 S. Harlem Ave. Chicago Ridge Illinois 60415Dialysis Stations: 16 (708) 361-2863
- Davita - Stony Creek Dialysis2.44 miles away6246 W 95th St Oak Lawn Illinois 60453CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (708) 233-9027
- Motte Dialysis3.89 miles away5020 W. 95th Street Oak Lawn Illinois 60453Dialysis Stations: 12 (615) 238-3136
- Dcc - Oak Lawn4.32 miles away9115 S Cicero Ave, Suite 300 Oak Lawn Illinois 60453Dialysis Stations: 11 (708) 907-3066
- Fmc - Alsip Dialysis Center4.37 miles away12250 S Cicero Ste 105 Alsip Illinois 60803CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (708) 389-0955
- Davita Ford City Dialysis4.93 miles away8159 S. Cicero Ave Chicago Illinois 60652Dialysis Stations: 12 (773) 585-5504
- Davita - Alsip Home Training5.12 miles away11500 S. Pulaski Road Alsip Illinois 60803Dialysis Stations: 4 (708) 385-7145