Landmark of Richton Park is a very-large facility in Richton Park, Illinois. Featuring an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Richton Park. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Landmark of Richton Park
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Landmark of Richton Park has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This place did not receive any respectable scores. Its most concerning score may be its inspection grade, where it received an F. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection score. We suggest you scrutinize the severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home had 9 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility wound up receiving a a terrible score in our short-term care area. It received a lowly F in this category. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Considering its score in this category, we were not surprised to find that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. There are several factors included in this area. Most of these factors reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This place offered only 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was long-term care. This nursing home received an abysmal grade of F in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home provided the vaccine to just 18.731115 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Landmark of Richton Park Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Landmark of Richton Park, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Landmark of Richton Park, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Landmark of Richton Park, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Landmark of Richton Park, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Landmark of Richton Park, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Landmark of Richton Park, 30.45% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Landmark of Richton Park, 87.4% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Landmark of Richton Park, 13.9% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Landmark of Richton Park, 17.56% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Landmark of Richton Park, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Landmark of Richton Park, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Nearby Hospitals
- Advocate South Suburban HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.48 miles away17800 S Kedzie Ave Hazel Crest Illinois 60429Voluntary non-profit - Church(708) 799-8000
- Ingalls Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.67 miles away1 Ingalls Drive Harvey Illinois 60426Voluntary non-profit - Private(708) 333-2300
- Franciscan Health DyerAcute Care Hospitals 10.76 miles away24 Joliet St Dyer Indiana 46311Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 865-2141
- Franciscan Health MunsterAcute Care Hospitals 12.05 miles away701 Superior Ave Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 922-4200
- Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.68 miles away901 Macarthur Blvd Munster Indiana 46321Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 836-1600
- Palos Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.93 miles away12251 South 80th Avenue Palos Heights Illinois 60463Voluntary non-profit - Private(708) 923-4000
- Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersAcute Care Hospitals 13.94 miles away1900 Silver Cross Blvd New Lenox Illinois 60451Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 300-1100
- Franciscan Health HammondAcute Care Hospitals 14.4 miles away5454 Hohman Ave Hammond Indiana 46320Voluntary non-profit - Church(219) 932-2300
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Olympia Fields Dialysis Center2.55 miles away4557 B West Lincoln Highway Matteson Illinois 60443CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (708) 503-1112
- Fmc - South Suburban3.4 miles away2609 W Lincoln Hwy Olympia Fields Illinois 60461CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (708) 747-0050
- Dcc - Olympia Fields3.85 miles away3322 Vollmer Rd. Suite C Olympia Fields Illinois 60461Dialysis Stations: 11 (708) 964-2250
- Home Dialysis Services Olympia Fields LLC3.96 miles away3214 Vollmer Rd Olympia Fields Illinois 60461Dialysis Stations: 1 (708) 898-0564
- Davita - Flossmoor Home4.12 miles away19720 S Governors Hwy Flossmoor Illinois 60422Dialysis Stations: 4 (708) 799-7239
- Fkc - Chicago Heights4.98 miles away15 E Independence Drive Chicago Heights Illinois 60411Dialysis Stations: 12 (708) 754-5898
- Davita - Chicago Heights Dialysis5.2 miles away177 B West Joe Orr Rd Chicago Heights Illinois 60411CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (708) 755-9000
- Fmc - Steger Dialysis5.58 miles away219 E. 34th Street Steger Illinois 60475Dialysis Stations: 12 (708) 754-3770