Care For Life Home Health in Schaumburg, IL - Home Health Agency

Care For Life Home Health is a medicare certified home health care agency in Schaumburg, Illinois. It is located in Schaumburg at 1320 Tower Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173. You can reach out to the office of Care For Life Home Health via phone at (847) 214-3633. Care For Life Home Health provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Medical Social Services, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Proprietary.

Care For Life Home Health is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicare program. This means if you are part of medicare program, you may consider this home health facility for your medical needs. The medicare CCN number for Care For Life Home Health is 147933 and it was first certified by CMS in 2007 (17 years certified).

Name	Care For Life Home Health
Location	1320 Tower Road, Schaumburg, Illinois
Certified By	Medicare
Services Offered	Nursing Care Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Pathology Medical Social Services Home Health Aide
Medicare ID	147933
Ownership Type	Proprietary
Service Area Zip Codes	60005, 60007, 60010, 60018, 60056, 60084, 60101, 60102, 60103, 60106, 60107, 60110, 60120, 60123, 60124, 60148, 60156, 60169, 60172, 60175, 60192, 60193, 60194, 60629, 60631

Home Healthcare Agencies may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Care For Life Home Health from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1013929124
Organization Name	CARE FOR LIFE HOME HEALTH INC.
Address	2250 Point Blvd, Suite 115, Elgin, IL 60123
Phone Number	847-214-3633

Care For Life Home Health is "Medicare-certified" which means that this home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements, however, home health agencies may vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their patients. The quality ratings gives you an indication of the care Care For Life Home Health give to their patients incomparison to other home health agencies. This quality rating is based on process quality measures and patient outcome measures survey conducted by CMS.

Quality Rating:

Process Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show how often Care For Life Home Health used best practices when caring for its patients (process measures). Care For Life Home Health quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner	91.1	95.7
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs	100	98.6
How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling	98	99.6
How often the home health team checked patients for depression	100	97.4
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season.	91.9	78.7
How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot).	100	82.2
With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care	100	96.4

Patient Outcome Quality Measures:

The below quality measures show whether patients with Care For Life Home Health improved in certain important areas of care (patient outcome). Care For Life Home Health quality data is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider	National Avg.
How often patients got better at walking or moving around	80.8	79.6
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed	100	81.1
How often patients got better at bathing	84.6	82.3
How often patients’ breathing improved	-	82.8
How often patients’ wounds improved or healed after an operation	-	92.3
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth	98	75
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital	12.9	15.4
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted	2.9	13
How often physician-recommended actions to address medication issues were completely timely	100	94

The patient experience of care survey collects patient (or their family or friend's) feedback about topics for which the patient is the best source of information. When choosing a home health agency, patients can use this information to find out what other patients thought about the care given by a certain home health agency. The total number of patients who responded in this survey for Care For Life Home Health are 18. Since fewer than 100 patients completed the survey, use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how Care For Life Home Health is doing.

Question Type:	Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional way	Not Available
Health team communicated well with them	Not Available
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety	Not Available
How patients rated overall care from agency	Not Available

The patient survey data of Care For Life Home Health is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way	93	88
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them	95	85
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them	69	83
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	96	84
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family	90	78

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1st Assist Home Healthcare, Llc Location: 1019 West Wise Road, Suite 200, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193 Ratings: Phone: (630) 339-3688
Care For Life Home Health Location: 1320 Tower Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 Ratings: Phone: (847) 214-3633
Accelerated Home Care, Llc Location: 830 E Higgins Road Suite 101, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 Ratings: Phone: (847) 258-3630
Medcore Home Health Care, Inc Location: 830 E Higgins Rd, Ste 111r, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 Ratings: Phone: (847) 768-6080

Home Health Care

Home health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury. Home health care is usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF). The goal of home health care is to treat an illness or injury. Home health care helps you get better, regain your independence, and become as self-sufficient as possible.

Home Healthcare Agency Compare

Home Health Compare has information about the quality of care provided by "Medicare-certified" home health agencies throughout the nation. "Medicare-certified" means the home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements. Home Health Compare can help you or your family or friends choose a quality home health agency that has the skilled home health services you need.

Home Health Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

NOTE: Medicare won't cover home health services provided by a home health agency that hasn't been Medicare-certified.