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Citadel of Northbrook

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  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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3300 Milwaukee Ave.,
Northbrook IL 60062

(847) 795-9700

86.2% estimated occupancy 1

Citadel of Northbrook is one of five nursing homes in Northbrook, Illinois. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B, which is favorable grade. This ought to be on your short list in Northbrook as we rated it as one of the three highest rated facilities in the city. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was short-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

To pair with its strong overall score, we gave this facility an A- for short-term care. Our short-term care grades are vital for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. Our nursing grade weighs many components, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Our next area is long-term care, in which we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this area. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the data points we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.181816 percent of its patients. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Citadel of Northbrook Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Citadel of Northbrook, 8.07% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Citadel of Northbrook, 4.09% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients which experienced a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Citadel of Northbrook, 0.48% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint can be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Citadel of Northbrook, 16.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Citadel of Northbrook, 14.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Citadel of Northbrook, 89.41% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Citadel of Northbrook, 97.64% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Citadel of Northbrook, 10.35% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Citadel of Northbrook, 12.19% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Citadel of Northbrook, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Citadel of Northbrook, 12.19% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Citadel of Northbrook, 11.8% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Citadel of Northbrook, 74.23% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Northbrook, IL

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Northbrook, Illinois has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Advocate Lutheran General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.99 miles away1775 Dempster St Park Ridge Illinois 60068Voluntary non-profit - Church(847) 723-2210
  • Northwest Community Hospital 1Acute Care Hospitals 6.25 miles away800 W Central Road Arlington Heights Illinois 60005Voluntary non-profit - Private(847) 618-1000
  • Presence Resurrection Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.96 miles away7435 W Talcott Avenue Chicago Illinois 60631Voluntary non-profit - Church(773) 774-8000
  • Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Acute Care Hospitals 9.45 miles away800 W Biesterfield Rd Elk Grove Village Illinois 60007Voluntary non-profit - Church(847) 437-5500
  • Northshore University Healthsystem Evanston HospAcute Care Hospitals 10.07 miles away2650 Ridge Ave Evanston Illinois 60201Voluntary non-profit - Other(847) 432-8000
  • Presence Saint Francis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.9 miles away355 Ridge Ave Evanston Illinois 60202Voluntary non-profit - Church(847) 316-4000
  • Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.49 miles away1000 N Westmoreland Road Lake Forest Illinois 60045Voluntary non-profit - Other(847) 234-5600
  • Community First Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.61 miles away5645 W Addison Street Chicago Illinois 60634Voluntary non-profit - Private(773) 282-7000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc - Glenview Dialysis Center1.89 miles away4248 Commercial Way Glenview Illinois 60025CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (847) 824-2006
  • Glen Dialysis2.83 miles away2601 Compass Road Suite 145 Glenview Illinois 60026Dialysis Stations: 16 (847) 657-7574
  • Fmc - Niles3.72 miles away9371 Milwaukee Ave. Niles Illinois 60714CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (847) 581-0334
  • Fmc - Deerfield Dialysis Center4.48 miles away405 Lake Cook Rd. Suite a13 Deerfield Illinois 60015Dialysis Stations: 12 (847) 559-0374
  • Fmc - Des Plaines5 miles away1625 Oakton Pl Des Plaines Illinois 60018Dialysis Stations: 13 (847) 795-0014
  • Fmc - Mount Prospect5.35 miles away1710 West Golf Road Mount Prospect Illinois 60056Dialysis Stations: 8 (847) 640-7101
  • Davita - Arlington Heights Dialysis5.77 miles away17 W Golf Road Arlington Heights Illinois 60005Dialysis Stations: 20 (847) 437-2188
  • Fmc - Skokie Dialysis6.37 miles away9801 Woods Dr Skokie Illinois 60076Dialysis Stations: 14 (847) 581-1620

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=145982