Bement Health Care Center
601 North Morgan, Bement IL 61813 · (217) 678-2191 · 62.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Bement Health Care Center is a small nursing home located in Bement, Illinois. Our scoring system was not favorable to this nursing home, as it received an overall score of F. 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 Bement. In spite of all this, this facility surprisingly performed well in our inspections category, which you can read more about below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility received an F for its long-term care grade. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.319725 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home fared much worse with 3.31 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, this statistic is nearly twice the national average.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Our nursing score weighs numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. With a meager 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below average. In addition to receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this nursing home was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and found this place was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this metric. This is a bad sign when you consider that many pressure ulcers are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This statistic really pulled down this nursing home's nursing rating significantly.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was short-term care, in which this nursing home was given a rock bottom score here as well. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is obviously somewhat alarming. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of patients who returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 17.1 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bement Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have had falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better