Glencrest Healthcr & Rehab Center
2451 West Touhy Avenue, Chicago IL 60645 · (773) 338-6800 · 66.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Glencrest Healthcr & Rehab Center is a nursing home in Chicago, Illinois which has a total of 2,680,484 people. Featuring an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a bottom of the barrel facility. Chicago received a city grade of C, so there are some other options in the city worth looking at. Lastly, this nursing home's ownership changed in the last year, so we will need to monitor it to confirm it is able to raise its standard of care going forward.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 312 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this place incredibly poorly overall, it received a relatively impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our more favorable scores in that area with a B+. Our inspection ratings are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies associated with risks to resident well being. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
Remarkably, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C for our nursing rating, which isn't a bad grade. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This particular facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. At least one fourth of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly trained nurses. This is a high ratio of skilled nursing care. We weight these hours more in computing our nursing scores. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. This nursing home performed admirably in this subcategory. Avoiding major falls is typically an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls can be prevented if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't perform terribly in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a C in that category, which is among its more respectable scores. Short-term care ratings are vital for individuals seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 42.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home, which is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was long-term care. This nursing home received an abysmal grade of F in that area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it generally means the facility did not perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home gave the vaccine to a relatively low 23.735954 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility wasn't as bad as we expected at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Although it had 4.29 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was not bad due to it having more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Glencrest Healthcr & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue 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 percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better