The Grove of Skokie
9000 La Vergne Avenue, Skokie IL 60077 · (847) 679-2322 · 97.04% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Skokie, Illinois, The Grove of Skokie is one of five available nursing homes in the city. This nursing home received a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor score. Skokie received a city grade of B+, so there are other options in the city worth considering. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection grade. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 149 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our nursing grade is largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 2.5 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its patients.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the category of long-term care, this facility was given just a D in this category. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 95.66855 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this place also wasn't as bad as we expected at keeping its residents out of the hospital. While it had 2.61 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic wasn't bad due to it having more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a very poor grade. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is more often than not a fair measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. With its score in this category, we were not surprised to discover that this place was well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 24.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Grove of Skokie Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have sustained UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term 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 residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better