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Symphony at Midway

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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4437 South Cicero,
Chicago IL 60632

(773) 884-0484

72% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Symphony at Midway has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Symphony at Midway is a very-large nursing home located in Chicago, Illinois. Our grading scheme was not very kind to this facility, as we gave it an overall rating of F. If you aren't happy with this nursing home, you should be able to find another option in Chicago, as the city has more than 25 nursing homes. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: F

This place didn't receive any favorable grades. Its most concerning score may be its inspection rating, where it received an F. With facilities that received this poor of an inspection grade, we recommend scrutinizing the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility had a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by CMS had the potential to cause actual harm to patients. In addition to having severe deficiencies, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. The nursing score is based on several datapoints. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This place offered just 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these datapoints to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Our next category we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility received an F. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. As it turns out, this facility vaccinated just 37.550472 percent of its patients, which is somewhat concerning. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Switching gears to the fourth category, this nursing home really did not perform very well here either. With a rock bottom grade of F in short-term care, this is really as terrible as it gets. With our short-term care rating, we try to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. As you might expect, we discovered that this place offers far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 2.6 percent of its patients returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Symphony at Midway Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Symphony at Midway, 8.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Symphony at Midway, 1.75% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Symphony at Midway, 0.95% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Symphony at Midway, 18.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Symphony at Midway, 5.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Symphony at Midway, 81.94% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some believe this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Symphony at Midway, 61.58% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Symphony at Midway, 8.1% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Symphony at Midway, 8.1% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Symphony at Midway, 8.1% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Symphony at Midway, 11.99% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Symphony at Midway, 71.39% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Chicago, IL

  • Overall Rating has a grade of D
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Davita - West Lawn Dialysis3.39 miles away7000-C S. Pulaski Chicago Illinois 60629CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (773) 284-5324

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