Bria of Palos Hills
10426 South Roberts, Palos Hills IL 60465 · (708) 598-3460 · 67.57% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Palos Hills, Illinois, Bria of Palos Hills is the sole facility we were able to find in this city. With an overall grade of B-, this is likely a decent nursing home. At the end of the day, this nursing home looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category was short-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 223 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled at short-term care. We gave it an impressive grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest grades. This salvaged its overall profile. Our short-term care grades are critical for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is generally an excellent sign. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Illinois in this area with 67.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize this place's nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. 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.
Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. The nursing grade weighs many datapoints, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also considered quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This place was above average in many of the major datapoints we focus on, including minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final area, this nursing home did not perform very well. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this was this facility's weakest area. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's 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. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.42197 percent of its residents, which is an above average total. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 3.4 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic wasn't bad due to it having more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bria of Palos Hills Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better