Arcola Health Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Arcola Health Care Center's website

422 East Fourth Street,
Arcola IL 61910

(217) 268-3022

60.8% estimated occupancy ¹

Arcola Health Care Center is located in Arcola, Illinois. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A score in this range generally suggests a few red flags. This facility seems to have very little going for it. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

While we were not high on this facility's overall grade, it actually received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

We also awarded this facility a middle of the road grade in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled therapy or healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. One of the datapoints we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to a relatively low 90.322586 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

Sadly, this nursing home's third highest category is short-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this area, it still performed relatively poorly. In our short-term care rating, we try to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't surprised 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 figures we assessed. Frankly, this was about what we expected here. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics doomed this facility's short-term care grade.

Nurse Quality

Switching gears to our last area, this nursing home didn't perform well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in nursing, this is really as bad as it gets. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. With just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this place's nurse staffing levels were significantly below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Arcola Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Arcola Health Care Center, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Arcola Health Care Center, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Arcola Health Care Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Arcola Health Care Center, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Arcola Health Care Center, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Arcola Health Care Center, 30.45% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Arcola Health Care Center, 87.4% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Arcola Health Care Center, 13.9% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Arcola Health Care Center, 17.56% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Many would argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Arcola Health Care Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Arcola Health Care Center, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Arcola Health Care Center, 11.82 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.12 miles away1000 Health Center Drive P O Box 372 Mattoon Illinois 61938Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 258-2572