Clark-Lindsey Village

In addition to being a strong facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

In addition, this facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on its inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that area, which is one of our top scores. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 6 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.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Our nursing score weighs many datapoints, but the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Illinois in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving patients more often.

The last area we looked at was long-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's least impressive category. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. Nevertheless, you should not assess this facility solely on a single weak area, as it was given many impressive grades in other areas. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 96.385544 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.