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Aperion Care St Elmo

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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221 East Cumberland,
Saint Elmo IL 62458

(618) 829-5551

80% estimated occupancy 1

Aperion Care St Elmo is a small nursing home located in Saint Elmo, Illinois. Sporting an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • 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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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of this nursing home's higher category scores was in the area of long-term care. This ended up being its second most favorable category. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit worried that this facility provided the vaccine to only 31.21693 percent of its patients. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we gave this nursing home an F. This is certainly not one of this facility's better areas. The nursing grade weighs several factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This facility offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is well below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these datapoints to be measures of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This facility's weakest category was short-term care, which is the final area we analyzed. It received an abysmal F for this area. Despite a few respectable grades in other categories, this grade is nevertheless disappointing so we wanted to draw your attention to it. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. As you might expect, we discovered that this facility provides significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Aperion Care St Elmo Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 3.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 4.23% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 10.97% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 24.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of long-term patients that were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 89.39% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 59% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 10.23% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 12.99% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 12.99% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 15.38% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Aperion Care St Elmo, 79.75% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living usually correlates with better rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Anthonys Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.37 miles away503 N Maple Street Effingham Illinois 62401Voluntary non-profit - Church(217) 342-2121

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Vandalia Dialysis15.96 miles away301 Mattes Road Vandalia Illinois 62471Dialysis Stations: 8 (618) 283-1366
  • Davita - Effingham Dialysis17.32 miles away904 Medical Park Drive, Suite 1 Effingham Illinois 62401Dialysis Stations: 16 (217) 342-9558

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=145857