Evenglow Lodge is a small non-profit nursing home located in Pontiac, Illinois. This facility made our top 500 list of the best facilities in the United States. With more than 15,000 nursing homes in the nation, this is an exclusive list. You really can not do any better than this place. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category scores, which are equally impressive. You just can't do much better than a straight A profile.
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Evenglow Lodge
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Pharmacy
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. There are a host of criteria within this category. Many of the datapoints reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place 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.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we analyzed was short-term care. This facility also was awarded an A+ short-term care grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to be given more than one A+ category grades. In our short-term care rating, we endeavor to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
In our last category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our long-term care score. This finished off a very impressive report card. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the data points we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Evenglow Lodge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Evenglow Lodge, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who suffer from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Evenglow Lodge, 4.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Evenglow Lodge, 1.69% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Evenglow Lodge, 9.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Evenglow Lodge, 16.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients that are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Evenglow Lodge, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Evenglow Lodge, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Evenglow Lodge, 8.42% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Evenglow Lodge, 17.66% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Evenglow Lodge, 0.5 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Evenglow Lodge, 17.66% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Evenglow Lodge, 6.66% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Evenglow Lodge, 72.42% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
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