Aperion Care Spring Valley is in Spring Valley, Illinois. Our grading scheme was not favorable to this nursing home, as it received an overall rating of F. This facility is just about as bad as it gets. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Aperion Care Spring Valley
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Aperion Care Spring Valley has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a poor overall grade, we also awarded this facility poor scores in the various categories. It only received a D for its inspections grade, which was its best area. Our inspection scores factor in many items on the facility's recent inspection reports. When you see severe deficiencies on the reports, this is generally a bad sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they caused a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home ended up receiving a a terrible score in our long-term care category. It received an F in this category. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this facility administered the vaccine to a relatively low 62.046207 percent of its residents, which is quite a bit lower than we expected. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
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Short-term Care Quality
Our next category we assessed is short-term care, in which this facility was given an F. Our short-term care scores are important for people seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Based on its score in this area, we were not stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Frankly, this was what we expected to find. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Nurse Quality
The next category we looked at was nursing. We gave it an F in this area, which is a rock bottom score. There are a host of data points included in this area. Most of the factors are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This place fared well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Spring Valley Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 3.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 2.49% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents which have sustained UTI's. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 19.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 31.81% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 87.05% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 13.3% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 14.44% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 1.92 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 14.44 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 13.66 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aperion Care Spring Valley, 69.52% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Margarets HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.81 miles away600 E 1st St Spring Valley Illinois 61362Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 664-1176
- Illinois Valley Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.86 miles away925 West St Peru Illinois 61354Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 223-3300
- Perry Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.48 miles away530 Park Avenue East Princeton Illinois 61356Government - Local(815) 875-2811
- Osf Saint Paul Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 15.71 miles away1401 E 12th Street Mendota Illinois 61342Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 539-7461
- Ottawa Regional Hospital & Healthcare CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.36 miles away1100 East Norris Drive Ottawa Illinois 61350Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 433-3100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Spring Valley1.08 miles away12 B Wolfer Industrial Drive Spring Valley Illinois 61362CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (815) 664-4585
- Fmc - Ottawa Dialysis19.58 miles away1601 Mercury Circle, Ste 3 Ottawa Illinois 61350Dialysis Stations: 12 (815) 434-2125