Located in Oswego, Illinois, Symphony at the Tillers is the only nursing home we were able to find in this city. Featuring an overall score of A-, this facility is one of the more impressive facilities we assessed. Based on our analysis, this facility is really as good as it gets. The best aspect of this facility's impressive report card was its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section
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Symphony at the Tillers
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that Symphony at the Tillers has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
On top of earning a great overall score, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A. In determining our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a solid measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. There are several factors included in this grade. Many of these datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
Racking up yet another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it received a score of A-. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a solid grade of B-. This turned out to be this nursing home's weakest category. With our long-term care score, we focus more on the volume of services offered by a nursing home, along with some qualitative metrics. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 95.138885 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Symphony at the Tillers Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Symphony at the Tillers, 4.92% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Symphony at the Tillers, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients which suffered falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Symphony at the Tillers, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered from urinary tract infections. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Symphony at the Tillers, 7.86% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Symphony at the Tillers, 5.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Symphony at the Tillers, 5.76% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Symphony at the Tillers, 95.65% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Symphony at the Tillers, 4.59% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Symphony at the Tillers, 14.3% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Symphony at the Tillers, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Symphony at the Tillers, 14.3% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Symphony at the Tillers, 11.74% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Symphony at the Tillers, 90.72% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
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