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Five-Star Quality on the Skilled Care Unit
Rush Oak Park Hospital's Skilled Care Unit has earned a five-star rating for overall quality.
Oak Park, IL
(December 4, 2009) —
Rush Oak Park Hospital’s Skilled Care Unit has earned a five-star rating for overall quality, according to a recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services nursing home rating report.
The Skilled Care Unit offers a complete personalized program for patients whose conditions have stabilized but still require 24-hour nursing attention. The unit is staffed by physicians, nurses and specialists in physical, occupational and speech therapies.
Its excellent staffing levels — particularly with regard to nursing staff and the amount of time they spend daily with each resident — contributed to the unit’s high rating for overall quality. The unit also earned a five-star rating on its health inspection, outperforming state and national averages.
To view the full report or to compare the unit with other nursing homes, please visit CMS’s Nursing Home Compare Web site at http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/.
For more information, please call Emily Dagostino in the Marketing and Communications Department at 708-660-3644.
The Skilled Care Unit offers a complete personalized program for patients whose conditions have stabilized but still require 24-hour nursing attention. The unit is staffed by physicians, nurses and specialists in physical, occupational and speech therapies.
Its excellent staffing levels — particularly with regard to nursing staff and the amount of time they spend daily with each resident — contributed to the unit’s high rating for overall quality. The unit also earned a five-star rating on its health inspection, outperforming state and national averages.
To view the full report or to compare the unit with other nursing homes, please visit CMS’s Nursing Home Compare Web site at http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/.
For more information, please call Emily Dagostino in the Marketing and Communications Department at 708-660-3644.
