ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East) is a nursing home in Palos Heights, Illinois, a city with a total of 14,671 people. Featuring an overall score of B-, this appears to be a solid nursing home. This place has some things going for it. The best part of this place's report card was is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East)
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East) has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in our short-term care rating. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. This really boosted its overall profile. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more critical for individuals in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an B. Our nursing score considers many subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received a very favorable inspection grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our fourth category, this facility did not perform very well. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is its weakest area. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category likely don't provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities provide. After considering the amount of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 87.265915 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East) Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 16.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 2.25% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that had falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 1.92% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 25.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 6.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 30.09% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 89.74% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 13.97% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 19.47% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 19.47% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 9.82% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In ProMedica Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation (Palos Heights East), 69.32% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Palos Heights, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Adventist La Grange Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.32 miles away5101 S Willow Springs Rd La Grange Illinois 60525Voluntary non-profit - Church(708) 352-1200
- Advocate South Suburban HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.61 miles away17800 S Kedzie Ave Hazel Crest Illinois 60429Voluntary non-profit - Church(708) 799-8000
- Roseland Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.74 miles away45 W 111th Street Chicago Illinois 60628Voluntary non-profit - Other(773) 995-3000
Nearby Dialysis
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