Citadel of Glenview

Although we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively solid health inspections in recent years. We gave it a respectable grade of B in this category, which is much better than its overall score. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid nursing homes with too many severe deficiencies flagged. While this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home's second most favorable category was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is essentially a slightly below average score in this category. In determining these short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses were with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is significantly below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

The last category we scored is long-term care. It received a lowly F in this category, which is a rock bottom grade. Nursing homes that don't score well in long-term care often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated only 88.4375 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.