With an address in Dekalb, Illinois, Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center is one of four available nursing homes in the city. This nursing home received an alarming overall rating based on the data we looked at. Keep in mind that Dekalb received a city grade of C, so should look at other options in the city as well. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is short-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility actually fared well in the category of short-term care. We gave it a B for that category. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is generally a solid assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of training of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
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Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this facility didn't receive glowing inspections in recent years. We gave it a grade of just D for our inspections rating. One of the more significant factors in assessing inspection reports is deficiencies. We recommend you scrutinize the severity of those deficiencies. This facility was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they created a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we would like to point out that this nursing home received significant government fines in recent years amounting to more than $100,000. This usually signifies that a nursing home's bad performance spanned multiple years.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility was given a rock bottom grade in this category as well. It received an F for this category, which is obviously a major concern. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to patient care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated 50 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit below what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 17.52% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 5.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 20.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 9.4% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 62.75% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients showing symptoms of depression. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 69.87% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 11.06% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 11.3% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 11.3% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 19.78% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, 83.32% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Dekalb, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Dekalb, Illinois has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Kishwaukee Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.67 miles away1 Kish Hospital Drive Dekalb Illinois 60115Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 756-1521
- Rochelle Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.72 miles away900 N 2nd St Rochelle Illinois 61068Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 562-2181
- Valley West Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.16 miles away1301 North Main Street Sandwich Illinois 60548Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 786-8484
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Timber Creek0.91 miles away1001 S Annie Glidden Road Dekalb Illinois 60115Dialysis Stations: 12 (815) 748-3124
- Davita - Sycamore3.86 miles away2200 Gateway Dr Sycamore Illinois 60178Dialysis Stations: 14 (815) 758-0205
- Fmc - Sandwich Dialysis, LLC19.1 miles away1310 North Main St., Suite 105 Sandwich Illinois 60548Dialysis Stations: 12 (815) 786-8470