Oak Brook Healthcare Centre sits right in the Oak Brook community where it's been for over 40 years and has a full-service 156-bed skilled nursing facility, with 154 certified beds that take both Medicare and Medicaid and a resident council but no family council, and you'll see it's not a Continuing Care Retirement Community but offers a wide range of care including long term care, skilled nursing, short term rehab after surgery or injury, and memory care for Alzheimer's, even hospice and palliative care. People can get all sorts of therapies like physical, occupational, speech, and holistic therapies, and the rehab program works to help patients get strong and, when possible, go home again, with some residents getting IV/Infusion or respiratory therapies and wound care from in-house and visiting specialists, since a good number of physicians come in and visit patients right inside the building too, and the whole therapy and nursing team is known to be both kind and skilled, providing physical rehabilitation for orthopedic cases, cardiac recovery, joint replacements, neurological rehab, and more, even covering Parkinson's, strokes, arthritis, and fractures.
You'll find Oak Brook Healthcare Centre is pet-friendly so residents can have pets, and the apartments include one-bedroom units with walk-in showers and Wi-Fi, while daily life is pretty flexible, since people get to choose when to get up, bathe, eat, or participate in activities, and the C.H.O.I.C.E. program lets folks join in decisions about their care. The food service covers gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, low/no sodium, organic, and kosher diets, with anytime dining and even coffee shop options, cleaning and laundry are done for residents, and there are activity programs both inside and outside the building-these include outings, croquet, cooking classes, book clubs, gardening, and social events, plus things like a beauty/barber shop, library, movies, and outdoor gatherings.
Residents can get assistance with dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting, medications, and wound care, plus non-ambulatory care, drug and alcohol management, cardiovascular and cancer treatment, telehealth counseling, and both in-house and outside therapy providers, with house-keeping provided and transportation available at cost for off-site trips. Staff provides around the clock nursing care, with both short and long term stays, and there's always someone on hand should you need help, since staffing levels are higher than average-licensed nurses put in about two hours per resident per day, registered nurses log about an hour and a half, while certified nursing assistants spend just over two hours with each resident, and physical therapy averages eight minutes per day per person, showing just how much time people get from trained staff.
When you look at the numbers, Oak Brook Healthcare Centre has high ratings from state health inspections and the Illinois Department of Public Health, high staff levels according to the government's measures, and outcomes like a 66.1% discharge rate for short-stay residents going back to the community, a lower than average percentage of people going back to the hospital (20.4%), and a low rate of falls and pressure sores among long-stay residents, which shows staff keeps up with regular assessments like giving almost all long-stay residents their pneumococcal vaccine. There's also attention paid to daily quality of life, with regular activities, outings, and social events-residents get to cook, garden, go to book clubs, or just spend time with others as they choose.
Executive Director Joanne Bedrosian and Administrator Ms. Sandy Brunett lead the team, and anyone looking for more information can reach out to Ms. Sandy Brunett, since her name often comes up. Oak Brook Healthcare Centre is overseen by the Illinois Department of Public Health, isn't BBB accredited, and runs three five-star facilities with another being built, so even though it's not the fanciest place around, it covers a wide range of care needs, has a steady history in the community, welcomes pets, and aims to provide trusted support for people needing skilled care, rehab, or memory help, all while letting people have a say in their own day-to-day lives.
