The Mosaic of Lakeshore
7200 North Sheridan Road, Chicago IL 60626 · (773) 973-7200 · 74.4% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Mosaic of Lakeshore is a very-large nursing home located in Chicago, Illinois. We gave this nursing home an overall score of F. At the end of the day, you'd be better off to steer clear of this place. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 313 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a poor overall grade, we awarded it a B for our inspections rating. This is the result of the nursing home receiving a decent government inspection report this year. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. It is generally best to avoid places that had a long list of deficiencies. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to point out this nursing home's bottom of the barrel long-term care grade where it received a lowly F. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated just 65.47085 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.41 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is also alarming.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is based on numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home offered only 3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. This nursing home also had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This facility was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this area. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. This metric helped pull down this facility's nursing rating significantly.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was given an abysmal score here also. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this area, which is definitely a major concern. In determining our short-term care ratings, we size up a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a fair measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Considering its poor rating in this area, we were not stunned to find this place provided significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 39.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Mosaic of Lakeshore Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . 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 suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better