Smith Village
2320 West 113th Place, Chicago IL 60643 · (773) 474-7300 · 77.09% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Smith Village is an average-sized non-profit facility located in Chicago, Illinois. With an overall grade of A-, this facility is one of the higher-rated nursing homes we assessed. In our view, this place ought to be a wonderful choice for just about anybody. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. We weren't able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. We would like to have more data for this facility. Without information regarding deficiencies, it was a challenge to really assess it in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
On the list of its many elite grades, this facility was given an excellent short-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A in that area. Short-term care grades are commonly used to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This place performed as well as just about any nursing home in Illinois with 60.1 percent of its patients returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents return home.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Our nursing grade includes many datapoints, however, the most important one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This was one of the better figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also performed well in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is generally a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided with better nursing care and a policy of regularly moving residents to avoid bed sores.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is long-term care. We awarded this facility a solid score in that area, with a C. Even though this is not on par with many of this facility's other scores, it is nevertheless not a terrible score. In the area of long-term care, we look at the quantity of services provided by a nursing home, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. After looking at the above average volume of nursing hours and other staffing provided by this nursing home, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.55752 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Smith Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better