Glenlake Terrace Nursing & Reh
2222 West 14th Street, Waukegan IL 60085 · (847) 249-2400 · 62.79% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Glenlake Terrace Nursing & Reh is a senior living facility located in Waukegan, Illinois. This city has a population of 98,692 people. With an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. Although the city grade in Waukegan which is also just a D, you still should be able to do better. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 265 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that category. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is quite a bit below average. However, more than one fourth of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. This is a high ratio of skilled nursing care. We weight these hours heavily in calculating our ratings. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
Short-term Care Quality
We gave this nursing home a grade of just D for our short-term care score and that actually ended up being its next best score. Our short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Given its grade in this category, we were not surprised to find that this nursing home provided substantially fewer physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well in this area. In fact, we found that just 24.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Facility Inspections
We wanted to note that this nursing home received a lowly F for its inspection rating. An F in this category is very concerning because it generally points to red flags on the nursing home's government inspections. When a facility has this poor of an inspection rating, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This particular nursing home was assessed 7 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility received a very poor grade in this category as well. It received a lowly F for this category, which is definitely a major concern. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated 86.478455 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be significantly lower than what we were hoping for. We were also disappointed with its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 3.12 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is nearly twice the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Glenlake Terrace Nursing & Reh Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better