Aperion Care Preton is in Princeton, Illinois. The city has 11,281 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. Based on our ratings, there are definitely far worse nursing homes out there. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong nursing rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Aperion Care Preton
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
This nursing home earned a nursing rating which is stronger than its overall grade. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in this category. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a favorable grade in short-term care. This facility received a B in this area, which happens to be one of our better scores. In calculating our short-term care grades, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is frequently a useful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
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Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. Inspection grades are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the next category, this facility didn't fare well. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is this nursing home's poorest area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category may not provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 83.76963 percent of its patients. This is pretty significantly less than average. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Preton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aperion Care Preton, 4.4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aperion Care Preton, 1.05% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which have suffered falls which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aperion Care Preton, 2.92% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents which have sustained UTI's. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aperion Care Preton, 13.53% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aperion Care Preton, 25.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aperion Care Preton, 69.32% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aperion Care Preton, 86.55% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aperion Care Preton, 10.67% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aperion Care Preton, 19.49% of Residents
This is the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Aperion Care Preton, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aperion Care Preton, 19.49% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aperion Care Preton, 20.05% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aperion Care Preton, 77.19% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Perry Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.31 miles away530 Park Avenue East Princeton Illinois 61356Government - Local(815) 875-2811
- St Margarets HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.65 miles away600 E 1st St Spring Valley Illinois 61362Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 664-1176
- Illinois Valley Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.07 miles away925 West St Peru Illinois 61354Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 223-3300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Spring Valley12.18 miles away12 B Wolfer Industrial Drive Spring Valley Illinois 61362CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (815) 664-4585