The British Home is a small non-profit facility located in Brookfield, Illinois. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires above average marks in most areas. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. The best part of this facility's strong profile is its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph
The British Home
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A for short-term care. Short-term care grades are often used to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Among this facility's other strengths is its elite nursing grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning patients more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
Moving on to another of this facility's strengths, it also earned a very impressive inspection score. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an impressive grade of A-. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we graded is long-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in this area. However, we would not assess this facility based only on a single weak category, since it was awarded some excellent grades in other areas. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 93.97591 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The British Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The British Home, 8.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The British Home, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The British Home, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The British Home, 18.4% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The British Home, 19.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The British Home, 29.8% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The British Home, 87.49% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The British Home, 14.23% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The British Home, 19.34% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In The British Home, 1.51 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The British Home, 19.34 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The British Home, 11.45 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The British Home, 71.39% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Loyola University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.73 miles away2160 S 1st Avenue Maywood Illinois 60153Voluntary non-profit - Private(708) 216-9000
- Macneal HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.62 miles away3249 South Oak Park Avenue Berwyn Illinois 60402Proprietary(708) 783-9100
- Adventist La Grange Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.49 miles away5101 S Willow Springs Rd La Grange Illinois 60525Voluntary non-profit - Church(708) 352-1200
- Rush Oak Park HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.68 miles away520 S Maple Ave Oak Park Illinois 60304Voluntary non-profit - Church(708) 383-9300
- Westlake HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.94 miles away1225 Lake St Melrose Park Illinois 60160Voluntary non-profit - Other(708) 938-4000
- Adventist Hinsdale HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.44 miles away120 North Oak St Hinsdale Illinois 60521Voluntary non-profit - Private(630) 856-9000
- Loretto HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.82 miles away645 South Central Ave Chicago Illinois 60644Voluntary non-profit - Other(773) 626-4300
- Elmhurst Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5 miles away155 East Brush Hill Road Elmhurst Illinois 60126Proprietary(331) 221-0130
Nearby Dialysis
- Loyola Center for Dialysis2.07 miles away1201 W Roosevelt Rd Maywood Illinois 60153CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (708) 531-7050
- Fmc - Berwyn2.16 miles away2601 S Harlem Avenue Berwyn Illinois 60402CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (708) 484-7300
- Fmc - Westchester3.02 miles away2400 Wolf Road, Suite 101 A Westchester Illinois 60154CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (708) 409-7780
- Fmc - Summit3.51 miles away7320 Archer Avenue Summit Argo Illinois 60501Dialysis Stations: 12 (708) 594-1777
- Maple Avenue Kidney Center3.63 miles away610 S Maple Avenue, Suite 4100 Oak Park Illinois 60304Dialysis Stations: 18 (708) 660-4100
- Fmc - Neomedica - Melrose Park3.98 miles away1111 Superior St Ste 204 Melrose Park Illinois 60160CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (708) 338-1780
- Fmc - Oak Park Dialysis Unit4.02 miles away733 West Madison Street Oak Park Illinois 60302Dialysis Stations: 12 (708) 386-8757
- Fmc - River Forest Dialysis4.25 miles away103 Forest Avenue River Forest Illinois 60305CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (708) 488-9258