Lemont Nursing & Rehab Center
12450 Walker Road, Lemont IL 60439 · (630) 243-0400 · 78.32% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in Lemont, Illinois, Lemont Nursing & Rehab Center is one of just two available facilities in this area. Featuring an overall score of B-, this appears to be a solid facility. Based on our ratings, there are certainly much worse places out there. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 173 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor dings aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed well in the area of short-term care, where it received a score of A-. Very few facilities fared more favorably in this area. Our short-term care grades are presumably more important for patients in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home increased its rating in this area by offering more than 50% more hours of physical therapy to its patients than the typical facility. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Illinois in this area with 60.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. The nursing grade considers a host of datapoints. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This place provided just 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these datapoints are decent measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we scored was long-term care, which proved to be this facility's weakest category. It received a lowly F in this area, which is certainly concerning. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our measures relating to patient care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated just 90.39409 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.8 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lemont Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better