Park Place of Belvidere

Park Place of Belvidere is an average-sized nursing home located in Belvidere, Illinois. Sporting an overall rating of C, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Belvidere, which is admittedly a little below average nationally. This place did not fare well in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. Additional information about these categories is available below.

The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection score. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave it a grade of A-. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

We also wanted to note that this nursing home received an B+ in the category of nursing. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 2.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This facility fared well in some of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care.

This facility was awarded its third highest category score in the category of long-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in this area, which is an acceptable grade. In determining our long-term care grades, we size up the assistance with daily living offered to a facility's residents. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than the average nursing home. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.75 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most nursing homes since it had more complicated patients.

The final area we assessed was short-term care, which was this facility's weakest category. We awarded this facility a D in this category. In our short-term care rating, we seek to craft a valuable gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was well below average in one of the most important staffing metrics we analyzed. It offered significantly less physical therapy per patient than most other nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well in this area. In fact, we found that just 19.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.