Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home is located in the large metropolitan area of Chicago, Illinois with a population of 2,680,484 people. We awarded this facility a first-rate overall score of A+. Indeed, this proved to be ranked among the three highest graded nursing homes in the city. Based on the data we reviewed, you can't go wrong with this facility. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable profile is its long-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Awards
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Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. One of the datapoints we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 90.625 percent of its patients. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Nursing grades are primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving patients more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
This facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. It earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at was short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of A. This topped off a very strong profile. Only a select few facilities received an A- or better in every category. Our short-term care grade is often used to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 4.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 3.13% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 0.65% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 5.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 5.06% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 48.73% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 94.05% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 5.73% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 11.24% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Mary's Home, 11.24% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Chicago, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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