Symphony at Aria sits in Hillside, IL, and operates as a skilled nursing facility with both private and semi-private rooms, offering 198 certified beds for residents who need skilled, intermediate, or long-term care, and it also handles short-term rehab stays and respite care, which means you'll see people come for planned recoveries, like after knee surgery. The place runs around the clock, every day, and they use a healthcare model that tries to see what each person needs, so there's a lot of personalized treatment in both nursing and rehabilitation, and they cover things like Alzheimer's care, counseling with psychiatrists and psychoanalysts, as well as basic medical visits and vaccinations right in the building with in-house clinics. People living here also get dining right on site, and there's a friendly feeling among the residents and staff, with a resident council in place but no formal family council.
The nursing care here got an above-average rating for their staff, especially with certified nurse aides spending about two hours and thirteen minutes per resident each day, licensed nurses on the floor for about fifty-one minutes, and above-average time from registered nurses at one hour and three minutes per resident daily, though physical therapy staff time averages eleven minutes per resident each day, which is shorter than many other places. Their most recent inspection found twenty-two health deficiencies, but no fire safety problems showed up that time. Medicare and Medicaid both work here, which helps if you're looking at insurance, but the overall rating did come in below average even though their quality measures stood above average, with things like 81.9% of long-stay residents getting flu vaccines, but 6.9% developing pressure ulcers and 1.4% experiencing falls that caused major injury. On the short-term side, 48.5% got discharged home or back into the community, and 73% made recognized improvements in their daily function, though 22.2% did end up back in the hospital and 11.2% went to an emergency room. The facility did get fined $10,238 on January 4, 2016, with state license number #0053710. Symphony at Aria isn't part of a larger continuing care retirement community, but it's affiliated with Bethlehem Woods Retirement Community and keeps up with assisted living services too. Food, counseling, medical care, and different levels of nursing are all under one roof, and the place takes Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance, so seniors living here get a bit of everything, but it's worth looking closely at inspection histories and care outcomes before making a decision.
