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Symphony Evanston Healthcare

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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820 Foster Street,
Evanston IL 60201

(847) 492-7700

54.68% estimated occupancy 1

Symphony Evanston Healthcare is a large facility in Evanston, Illinois. This is a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our ratings, this nursing home has quite a bit going for it. The best aspect of this facility's impressive profile is its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section

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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
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Meal Delivery
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • 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

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility a grade of A for our short-term care grade. Our short-term care grades are likely more meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Nursing grades are largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last category we rated is long-term care, which proved to be a weak link for this nursing home. We awarded this facility a D in long-term care, leaving this as the facility's worst grade. We would still recommend that you consider all of a facility's category grades. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes provide. One of the data points we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 62.349396 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Symphony Evanston Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 9.2% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 2.41% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percent of long-term care residents that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 17.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 12.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 1.58% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 74.72% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 13.33% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 18.41% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 18.41% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 4.16% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Symphony Evanston Healthcare, 84.86% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Scores for Evanston, IL

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

Looking for more options? Evanston, Illinois has 6 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Northshore University Healthsystem Evanston HospAcute Care Hospitals 0.79 miles away2650 Ridge Ave Evanston Illinois 60201Voluntary non-profit - Other(847) 432-8000
  • Presence Saint Francis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.08 miles away355 Ridge Ave Evanston Illinois 60202Voluntary non-profit - Church(847) 316-4000
  • Swedish Covenant HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.52 miles away5145 N California Ave Chicago Illinois 60625Voluntary non-profit - Church(773) 878-8200
  • Methodist Hospital of ChicagoAcute Care Hospitals 5.61 miles away5025 N Paulina Street Chicago Illinois 60640Voluntary non-profit - Private(773) 271-9040
  • Aurora Chicago Lakeshore HospitalPsychiatric 5.99 miles away4840 N Marine Dr Chicago Illinois 60640Proprietary(773) 878-9700
  • Louis a Weiss Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.29 miles away4646 N Marine Drive Chicago Illinois 60640Proprietary(773) 878-8700
  • Thorek Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.06 miles away850 W Irving Park Rd Chicago Illinois 60613Voluntary non-profit - Private(312) 525-6780
  • Presence Resurrection Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.06 miles away7435 W Talcott Avenue Chicago Illinois 60631Voluntary non-profit - Church(773) 774-8000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Evanston Renal Center1.26 miles away1922 Dempster Street Evanston Illinois 60202CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (847) 869-5047
  • Fmc - Midamerica Evanston1.91 miles away2953 Central St 1st Floor Evanston Illinois 60201Dialysis Stations: 14 (847) 869-9436
  • Fmc - Rogers Park2.41 miles away2277 W Howard St Chicago Illinois 60645CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (773) 262-7147
  • Fmc - Skokie Dialysis4.01 miles away9801 Woods Dr Skokie Illinois 60076Dialysis Stations: 14 (847) 581-1620
  • Center for Renal Replacement, LLC4.09 miles away7301 North Lincoln Ave., Ste 205 Lincolnwood Illinois 60712Dialysis Stations: 16 (847) 675-5555
  • Davita - Big Oaks Dialysis5.26 miles away5623 W. Touhy Avenue Niles Illinois 60714Dialysis Stations: 12 (847) 647-3140
  • Fmc - Uptown6.2 miles away4700 N. Marine Drive, Suite 204 Chicago Illinois 60640CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (773) 989-8082
  • Fmc - Na Lakeview Dialysis6.35 miles away4008 North Broadway Ave., Suite 1200 Chicago Illinois 60613Dialysis Stations: 14 (773) 248-3105