The British Home
8700 West 31st Street, Brookfield IL 60513 · (708) 485-0135 · 58.05% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
The British Home is in Brookfield, Illinois. The city has 19,047 people. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this facility has the distinction of being one of the top 100 nursing homes in Illinois. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of high-end nursing homes. Based on our analysis, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. Headlining this facility's exemplary report card is its nursing score, which is addressed in the next section.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. This is one of the highest totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of providing high levels of care, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any facility in the state in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given strong marks in the category of short-term care. As a result, it received one of our most impressive grades in that area with a score of A+. Short-term care ratings are crucial for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. It performed as well as just about any nursing home in the country in this area with 63.1 percent of its residents returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we scored was long-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our higher grades in this area, with a B. Although this was not as strong as some of its other scores, it is nevertheless a fine score. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. This nursing home's vaccination records were not as impressive as its nursing hours. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 88.57143 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement in this area next year. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The British Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who had UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures 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 datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better