Aperion Care Bloomington
1509 North Calhoun Street, Bloomington IL 61701 · (309) 827-6046 · 56.69% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Aperion Care Bloomington is an average-sized nursing home located in Bloomington, Illinois. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. If you are not satisfied with this facility's mediocre overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are five other nursing homes in Bloomington. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 115 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
This nursing home did not receive any favorable grades. In particular, we gave it an F in the category of nursing. Our nursing score includes many components, many of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is not great. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This place was above average in two of the datapoints we focus on, with solid marks for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are usually reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided.
Facility Inspections
Among this nursing home's alarming grades was an F for its inspection grade. Typically, this means we found some major red flags on the facility's inspection reports. For places with bad inspection ratings, you should really scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed a category G through L deficiency, which are among the more severe categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies uncovered by CMS had the potential to pose actual harm to residents. Finally, we would like to point out that this facility received significant government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This generally suggests that a poor track record has been an issue for several years.
Long-term Care Quality
Our third category we assessed is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given an F. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.25651 percent of its patients, which is better than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Although it had 1.77 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric wasn't bad since it had more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at was short-term care, in which this facility was given an abysmal grade in this category as well. Sadly, it received an F for this area, which is definitely very concerning. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be most meaningful for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Considering its score in this area, we were not surprised to find that this nursing home is well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. Frankly, this was about what we expected here. The final datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 31.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Bloomington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better