Moorings of Arlington Heights is a facility in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a city with a population of 79,890 people. This facility is ranked among the most impressive facilities we looked at. A score in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. Indeed, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as the top nursing home in Arlington Heights. If you look further down this page, you will see this nursing home's category ratings, which are just as impressive as its overall score.
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Moorings of Arlington Heights
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- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care category, where it received an A+. Few facilities performed better in this category. In determining these short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. When computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we look at the amount of time nurses are caring for patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category we rated, this nursing home was awarded a very favorable grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home wrapped up a straight A report card. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 73.07692 percent of its residents, which is somewhat less than we were hoping for. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Moorings of Arlington Heights Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 7.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 2.31% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 6.78% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 8.46% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 14.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 0.79% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 79.69% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 14.89% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 19.38% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 19.38% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 9.73% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Moorings of Arlington Heights, 72.56% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northwest Community Hospital 1Acute Care Hospitals 1.03 miles away800 W Central Road Arlington Heights Illinois 60005Voluntary non-profit - Private(847) 618-1000
- Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Acute Care Hospitals 4.77 miles away800 W Biesterfield Rd Elk Grove Village Illinois 60007Voluntary non-profit - Church(847) 437-5500
- Advocate Lutheran General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.61 miles away1775 Dempster St Park Ridge Illinois 60068Voluntary non-profit - Church(847) 723-2210
- St Alexius Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.83 miles away1555 N Barrington Rd Hoffman Estate Illinois 60169Voluntary non-profit - Church(847) 843-2000
- Presence Resurrection Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.75 miles away7435 W Talcott Avenue Chicago Illinois 60631Voluntary non-profit - Church(773) 774-8000
- Bhc Streamwood Hospital IncPsychiatric 10.04 miles away1400 E Irving Park Road Streamwood Illinois 60107Proprietary(630) 837-9000
- Loyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.76 miles away701 West North Ave Melrose Park Illinois 60160Voluntary non-profit - Private(708) 681-3200
- Community First Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.31 miles away5645 W Addison Street Chicago Illinois 60634Voluntary non-profit - Private(773) 282-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Arlington Heights Dialysis0.95 miles away17 W Golf Road Arlington Heights Illinois 60005Dialysis Stations: 20 (847) 437-2188
- Fmc - Mount Prospect1.21 miles away1710 West Golf Road Mount Prospect Illinois 60056Dialysis Stations: 8 (847) 640-7101
- Fmc - Rolling Meadows2.44 miles away4180 Winnetka Ave. Rolling Meadows Illinois 60008CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (847) 394-6250
- Fmc - Des Plaines4.84 miles away1625 Oakton Pl Des Plaines Illinois 60018Dialysis Stations: 13 (847) 795-0014
- Fmc - Elk Grove Dialysis Ctr4.98 miles away901 Biesterfield Road Ste 400 Elk Grove Village Illinois 60007CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (847) 437-0824
- Davita - Buffalo Grove Dialysis5.14 miles away1291 West Dundee Road Buffalo Grove Illinois 60089CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (847) 253-9400
- Dialyze Direct Il - Elk Grove5.64 miles away1014 Bonaventure Drive Elk Grove Village Illinois 60007Dialysis Stations: 1 (847) 352-4711
- Fmc - Glenview Dialysis Center5.74 miles away4248 Commercial Way Glenview Illinois 60025CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (847) 824-2006