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Dupage Care Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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400 N County Farm Rd,
Wheaton IL 60187

(630) 665-6400

60.51% estimated occupancy 1

Dupage Care Center is a nursing home in Wheaton, Illinois, which has a population of 59,488 people. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is a high-end grade. We flat out can't say enough favorable things about this nursing home. Keep reading to find this facility's category scores, which are also impressive. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Government - County
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it earned an A. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Our nursing rating is primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Moving on to the final category, this facility was given a high-end long-term care score. Although this isn't quite as impressive as some of its other category grades, this remains one of our more impressive scores a facility can receive. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Dupage Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Dupage Care Center, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Dupage Care Center, 3.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Dupage Care Center, 2.49% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Dupage Care Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Dupage Care Center, 19.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Dupage Care Center, 31.81% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Dupage Care Center, 87.05% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Dupage Care Center, 13.3% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Dupage Care Center, 14.44% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Dupage Care Center, 1.92 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Dupage Care Center, 14.44 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Dupage Care Center, 13.66 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Dupage Care Center, 69.52% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Central Dupage HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.88 miles away25 North Winfield Road Winfield Illinois 60190Voluntary non-profit - Private(630) 682-1600
  • Edward HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.31 miles away801 South Washington Naperville Illinois 60540Voluntary non-profit - Private(630) 527-3000
  • Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.59 miles away3815 Highland Avenue Downers Grove Illinois 60515Voluntary non-profit - Church(630) 275-5900
  • Bhc Streamwood Hospital IncPsychiatric 9.78 miles away1400 E Irving Park Road Streamwood Illinois 60107Proprietary(630) 837-9000
  • Delnor Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.19 miles away300 Randall Rd Geneva Illinois 60134Voluntary non-profit - Private(630) 208-3000
  • Elmhurst Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.75 miles away155 East Brush Hill Road Elmhurst Illinois 60126Proprietary(331) 221-0130
  • Presence Mercy Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.04 miles away1325 N Highland Avenue Aurora Illinois 60506Voluntary non-profit - Church(630) 859-2222
  • Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Acute Care Hospitals 11.57 miles away800 W Biesterfield Rd Elk Grove Village Illinois 60007Voluntary non-profit - Church(847) 437-5500

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Geneva Crossings2.45 miles away546 S Schmale Road Carol Stream Illinois 60188Dialysis Stations: 12 (630) 260-4086
  • Fmc - Dupage West2.87 miles away450 E Roosevelt Rd West Chicago Illinois 60185Dialysis Stations: 16 (630) 293-6356
  • Fmc - West Chicago Dialysis Center4.44 miles away1859 Neltnor Blvd West Chicago Illinois 60185Dialysis Stations: 12 (630) 293-5952
  • Dialyze Direct Il - Glen Ellyn4.66 miles away800 Roosevelt Rd Ste C-16 Glen Ellyn Illinois 60137Dialysis Stations: 1 (630) 942-1111
  • Usrc - Villa Park Dialysis4.94 miles away200 E. North Avenue Villa Park Illinois 60181CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (630) 530-5237
  • Fmc - Glendale Heights Dialysis Center5.96 miles away130 E. Army Trail Road Glendale Heights Illinois 60139CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (630) 924-7286
  • Fmc - Naperville North Dialysis Center6.02 miles away516 W 5th Ave. Naperville Illinois 60563Dialysis Stations: 21 (630) 753-9295
  • Fmc - Lombard Dialysis6.03 miles away1940 Springer Drive Lombard Illinois 60148Dialysis Stations: 12 (630) 693-0394