Cook Willow Health & Rehabilitation Center

One of the many reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this area. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To complement its strong assessments in other areas, we gave this facility a grade of A for its long-term care score. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. This nursing home is head and heels above most nursing homes in this category.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. The nursing grade assesses many subcategories, but the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

In the last area, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for its short-term care score. This topped off a very impressive profile. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.