Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center

Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center is located in Oak Park, Illinois one of the western suburbs on the edge of Chicago’s western boundary. The facility has 204 certified beds and participates in Medicare and Medicaid. The ownership of Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center is a for-profit corporation. Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center is not in a continuing care retirement community. The overall rating given to Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center is below average.

The Illinois Department of Health and Human Services inspects Illinois nursing homes approximately every 18 months. In April 2016, an inspection was conducted at Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center where based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to keep a resident as clean and dry as possible who is incontinent. This applied to one of three residents reviewed for incontinence care in a sample of seven.

On April 6, 2016, a nursing home administrator or nurse stated that the call lights are not being answered. The residents are not being repositioned every two hours and soiled dressings are not being changed. The residents have multiple layers of padding because there is not enough time to revise routine incontinence care shift during the night shift. This individual nursing home employee sated that one resident was observed with two incontinence briefs, a bath blanket, a draw sheet, three incontinence pads and flat sheet underneath her all at once.

On April 6, 2016, a resident was observed laying on a low air loss mattress with a heavily soiled incontinence brief and a slightly dampened bath blanket with a brown ring. The resident had one incontinent brief, one draw sheet, one bath blanket and three incontinent pads. A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) was present with the surveyor at the time of this observation. The CNA stated that the resident had multiple pads because she is a heavy wetter.

In terms of staffing at Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center, the Medicare website rated the facility below average. The total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day was recorded at 1 hour and 15 minutes. This is below the Illinois average of 1 hour and 34 minutes and the national average of 1 hour and 42 minutes for the total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day.

In the category of Registered Nurse staff hours per resident per day at Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center, it shows that just 21 minutes is devoted to residents per day whereas the Illinois average is 56 minutes and the national average is 51 minutes. Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center is far behind in Registered Nurse hours per resident per day in terms of staffing.

CNA hours per resident per day at Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center is recorded at 1 hour and 46 minutes. This again is below the Illinois average of 2 hours and 15 minutes and the national average of 2 hours and 28 minutes. On the other hand, physical therapy staff hours per resident per day at Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center were 10 minutes. This is above the Illinois and national averages which are both 6 minutes of physical therapy staff hours per resident per day.

Quality measures at Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center are considered much above average. For example, there was no recorded incident of a short-stay resident with pressure ulcers that were new or worsened. In addition, 73.3% of short-stay residents at Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center were assessed and given the appropriate pneumococcal vaccine. This percentage is slightly below the Illinois average of 77.1% and below the national average of 81.1%.

1.6% of Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center’s long-stay residents experienced one or more falls with major injury. This percentage was well below the Illinois average of 3.3%. 97.4% of Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center long-stay residents were assessed and given the appropriate pneumococcal vaccine. This percentage was higher than the Illinois and the national average which were 91.9% and 93.3%, respectively.

The current data collection periods for this facility were measured for the most part in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2015. All of the data that is reported comes from nursing homes themselves. Nursing home inspectors review the facilities and provide this information that is converted into the current data collection. In addition, Medicare tracks when nursing home residents are admitted to hospitals and submit bills to Medicare for payment. This would allow for collecting data on when hospitalizations and nursing home admissions take place. The Medicare claims also allow the ability to collect information regarding hospitalization readmission rates, emergency room visits and discharges from hospitals and/or nursing homes.

Paramount Oak Park Rehab and Nursing Center has not received any fines in the last 3 years.

1Vital Statistics
Number of Beds:204 certified bedsinformation

Beds in the nursing home that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare or Medicaid.

Accepts:Medicare and Medicaidinformation

Shows if the nursing home participates in the Medicare, Medicaid, or both.

2Key Ratings
Star Rating Summary
Overall Ratinginformation

Medicare assigns the overall star rating based on a nursing homes's performance on 3 separate measures: Health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Each of these domains have their own star ratings, with more stars meaning better quality of care

One StarMuch Below Average
Health Inspectioninformation

Medicare assigns the star rating based on a nursing home's weighted score from recent health inspections. More stars means fewer health risks

One StarMuch Below Average
Staffinginformation

Medicare assigns the star rating based on the nursing home's staffing hours for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practice Nurses (LPNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), and Nurse aides. More stars means a better level of staffing per nursing home resident

Two StarsBelow Average
RN StaffingTwo StarsBelow Average
Quality Measuresinformation

Medicare assigns the star rating based on data from a select set of clinical data measures. More stars means better quality of care

One StarMuch Below Average
3Key Short Stay Statistics
DescriptionOak Park OasisIllinois
Average
Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain
Lower percentages are better.
19.0%10.2%
Percentage of SNF residents with pressure ulcers that are new or worsened
Lower percentages are better.
2.0%Not Available
Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine
Higher percentages are better.
35.2%72.8%
Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine
Higher percentages are better.
21.7%74.7%
Percentage of short-stay residents who got antipsychotic medication for the first time
Lower percentages are better.
1.7%2.1%
4Key Long Stay Statistics
DescriptionOak Park OasisIllinois
Average
Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Lower percentages are better.
0.4%3.3%
Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Lower percentages are better.
0.8%3.1%
Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain
Lower percentages are better.
1.7%4.9%
Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers
Lower percentages are better.
10.8%7.6%
Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder
Lower percentages are better.
31.3%46.1%
Percent of long-stay residents who have or had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Lower percentages are better.
3.0%2.4%
Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained
Lower percentages are better.
0.0%0.3%
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened
Lower percentages are better.
15.5%16.5%
Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Lower percentages are better.
11.8%13.8%
Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight
Lower percentages are better.
9.7%6.3%
Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms
Lower percentages are better.
56.6%19.2%
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication
Lower percentages are better.
15.4%20.2%
Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine
Higher percentages are better.
94.2%92.9%
Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine
Higher percentages are better.
84.0%89.7%
Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Lower percentages are better.
17.6%18.8%
5Inspection Summary

Date of standard health inspection:11/09/2018
Total number of health deficiencies:13
Average number of health deficiencies in Illinois:10.6

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