Landmark of Richton Park

We could not find anything positive to say about this place. It received a grade of just D in the area of short-term care. In our short-term care category, we attempt to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Given its score in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this facility was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the data we looked at. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. 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. This figure was well off the national average.

Among this facility's alarming category grades was an F for its inspection grade. More often than not, this means we found some red flags on the facility's inspection reports. You should pay close attention to any deficiencies on a facility's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection grade. We would pay close attention to the severity of the deficiencies. This particular facility had 9 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a threat to patient safety or health. 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.

In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This place performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

The final area we graded is long-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this category, which is an abysmal grade. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home administered the vaccine to only 25.27716 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.