St Joseph's Home Full Term Elderly
80 West Northwest Highway, Palatine IL 60067 · (847) 358-5700 · 90.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Jan 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
St Joseph's Home Full Term Elderly is a facility located in Palatine, Illinois, which has a population of 77,570 people. Featuring an overall rating of A+, this facility is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. Indeed, this turned out to be the highest graded nursing home in the city. Headlining this place's stellar report card is its long-term care score, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 59 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of providing well above average levels of nursing care and other staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This statistic is also far better than most nursing homes. The last statistic we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 1.94 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is close to average in this area.
Facility Inspections
This facility has also received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Nursing grades are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This place provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is among the higher totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We are really impressed by both of these figures. On top of providing high levels of care, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With under 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Illinois in this category. This is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers could be prevented by offering better nursing care and a policy of moving residents more often.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category, this facility also was awarded a very strong short-term care rating, with an A-. This finished off a rare straight A profile. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. 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. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Joseph's Home Full Term Elderly Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better