Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion
515 North Main, Sandwich IL 60548 · (815) 786-8426 · 77.52% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Sandwich, Illinois, Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion is one of just a couple available nursing homes in the city. We awarded this facility an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some solid scores. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's profile is is its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 113 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This facility received an elite short-term care rating. We gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A- in this category, which really helped out its overall grade. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. This place outperformed the majority of facilities in the country with 55.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an B. There are a host of criteria within this category. Many of the subcategories are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This facility fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented with better nursing care.
Facility Inspections
Next we looked at this nursing home's inspection score This grade is based on the facility's recent government inspections. We gave it a C in this category. Our inspection scores are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This place had 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were in any of the categories labeled J through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to place patient health or safety in immediate harm or jeopardy. At the end of the day, this inspection report could have been much worse.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's weakest area is long-term care, which is the final category we analyzed. It received an F for this area. In spite of multiple acceptable grades in other areas, this grade is still alarming so we wanted to make a note of it. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 94.28571 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.75 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks 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 indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better