Wynscape Health & Rehab
2180 Manchester Road, Wheaton IL 60187 · (630) 665-4330 · 50.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Wynscape Health & Rehab is a large nursing home located in Wheaton, Illinois. This turns out to be a grade A facility, which is a truly elite rating. This nursing home proved to be one of the better facilities in Wheaton, which has a decent selection of nursing homes. This nursing home also received consistently good ratings in all four of our categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 199 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned an A+ short-term care grade. Our short-term care grades are presumably most important for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This facility is the gold standard in terms of skilled nursing staffing. In fact, it provided about 1.5 times as many registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it fared as well as just about any facility in this area with 66 percent of its patients returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this metric.
Facility Inspections
The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. When computing our nursing ratings, we assess both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This place provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is among the more impressive figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these figures. On top of offering high levels of nursing care, this nursing home was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are generally good measures of the quality of nursing care a nursing home offers.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is this facility's poorest area. However, even its lowest point would be a strength for most nursing homes. We awarded it a favorable grade of B for long-term care. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. After considering the very impressive nursing hours and other staffing provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.87 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wynscape Health & Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. 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 is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better