Guardian Angel Home Care of Park Ridge, Inc

Home health agency · 1420 Renaissance Dr, Ste 215, Park Ridge, IL 60068

📞 (847) 674-2711

Quality of patient care star rating · Patient survey: 3★

38/ 100

Below average

At a glance

Ownership: Proprietary
Medicare-certified: Since 07/17/2008 · CCN 148011
Rank in Park Ridge: #5 of 13 home health agencies
Rank in Illinois: #325 of 465 scored home health agencies
Services: Skilled nursing, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech-language pathology, Medical social services, Home health aide
Medicare episodes/yr: 346
Medicare spending: 8% more than the national average per episode
Service area: 88 ZIP codes (see list)

Patient outcomes and care quality

Outcome measures: better than the national average on 4 of 16 reported measures, worse on 10.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Started care in a timely manner	81.4%	96.7%	96.5%	Worse
Checked flu shot status	34%	66.3%	64.2%	Worse
Patients improved at walking or moving around	90.9%	85.4%	88.6%	Better
Patients improved at getting in and out of bed	83.9%	87.5%	89.7%	Worse
Patients improved at bathing	88.8%	89.4%	90.6%	Worse
Patients' breathing improved	82.4%	90%	91.3%	Worse
Patients improved at taking oral medications	78.7%	87%	88.1%	Worse
New or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)	0%	0.3%	0.2%	About the same
Timely action on medication issues	97.4%	94.9%	94.5%	Better
Falls with major injury (lower is better)	2.3%	0.8%	0.9%	Worse
Discharge function score	36.6%	71.7%	71.7%	Worse
Health info sent to next provider	97.8%	84.7%	81.2%	Better
Health info given to patient	100%	94.6%	92.2%	Better
Discharged to community (risk-adjusted)	63.8%	—	77.7%	Worse
Potentially preventable readmissions (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	4.2%	—	4.1%	About the same
Potentially preventable hospitalizations (risk-adjusted) (lower is better)	12.9%	—	10.8%	Worse

Risk-adjusted rates account for how sick patients were. Data window differs by measure; see CMS for exact dates.

CMS categorization: discharge to community Worse Than National Rate; preventable readmissions Same As National Rate; preventable hospitalizations Same As National Rate.

What patients say (HHCAHPS survey)

Survey results: better than the national average on 1 of 5 reported measures, worse on 3.

Measure	This provider	State	National	vs. national
Care given in a professional way	87%	88%	89%	Worse
Team communicated well	83%	85%	86%	Worse
Discussed medicines, pain and home safety	83%	83%	82%	About the same
Rated agency 9 or 10 out of 10	88%	83%	85%	Better
Would definitely recommend	76%	76%	79%	Worse

Based on 44 completed surveys (18% response rate).

Location and service area

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ZIP codes served (88)

60004, 60005, 60007, 60008, 60015, 60016, 60018, 60025, 60026, 60050, 60053, 60056, 60061, 60062, 60067, 60068, 60070, 60073, 60074, 60076, 60077, 60090, 60091, 60101, 60107, 60108, 60130, 60131, 60133, 60137, 60153, 60160, 60169, 60171, 60176, 60193, 60194, 60201, 60202, 60203, 60302, 60411, 60453, 60457, 60465, 60477, 60608, 60609, 60610, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60615, 60616, 60618, 60619, 60622, 60623, 60624, 60625, 60626, 60629, 60630, 60631, 60632, 60633, 60634, 60637, 60639, 60640, 60641, 60642, 60644, 60645, 60646, 60647, 60649, 60651, 60653, 60654, 60656, 60657, 60659, 60660, 60706, 60712, 60714, 60804