Aperion Care Litchfield
1024 East Tyler, Litchfield IL 62056 · (217) 324-3842 · 97.84% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Litchfield, Illinois, Aperion Care Litchfield is one of just a few available nursing homes in the area. With an overall grade of D, this is a well below average facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home likely isn't the best fit for most people. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 65 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this facility highly overall, we want to draw your attention to its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid places that have too many severe deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
The second highest area we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.17 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing grade analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This facility provided only 1.8 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is short-term care. This facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this category. In our short-term care rating, we try to create a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Litchfield Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is 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 the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better