Aperion Care Peoria Heights
1629 Gardner Lane, Peoria Heights IL 61616 · (309) 685-1545 · 68.72% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Aperion Care Peoria Heights is an average-sized facility in Peoria Heights, Illinois. With a really poor overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Peoria Heights. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 110 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of C. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility had 7 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled J through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to put resident safety or health in immediate harm or jeopardy. Finally, we would like to point out that this facility has received some government fines in recent years. Fortunately these fines were not on the high end as government fines go. That said, this is still not what we like to see.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Nursing scores are mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided a meager 2.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is not a very impressive figure. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its low nursing hour totals. We looked at the percentage of patients suffering pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This facility was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed is short-term care. This facility's received a poor short-term care score where it received a lowly F. In our short-term care grade, we try to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Given its grade in this category, we weren't stunned to discover that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the data we looked at. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 29.8 percent of its patients returning home. This was quite a bit below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final area, this nursing home didn't perform very well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in long-term care, this is really as bad as it gets. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 95.03311 percent of its residents, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.7 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Peoria Heights Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better