The Bridge Care Suites is one of six available nursing homes located in Springfield, Illinois. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Springfield. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
The Bridge Care Suites
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home an A in short-term care. Short-term care ratings are meaningful for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an B+. The nursing grade weighs many factors, many of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0 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 generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
Looking to our inspection category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Our inspection grades are based on the facility's health inspection reports. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This place had 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were in categories J through L. This tells you that inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to place resident health or safety in immediate harm or jeopardy. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care, which was this facility's least impressive category. We awarded this nursing home a D in that area. Naturally, this category hurt the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities provide. One of the factors we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home submitted information on its vaccination levels. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Bridge Care Suites Quality Metrics
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Bridge Care Suites, 87.49% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Bridge Care Suites, 11.45 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Bridge Care Suites, 71.39% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Springfield, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Springfield, Illinois has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Memorial Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.43 miles away701 N First St Springfield Illinois 62702Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 788-3000
- St Johns HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.86 miles away800 E Carpenter St Springfield Illinois 62769Voluntary non-profit - Church(217) 544-6464
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Rai - Centre West Springfield0.58 miles away1112 Centre West Dr Springfield Illinois 62704CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (217) 787-3310
- Davita - Springfield Montvale Dialysis1.69 miles away2930 S Montvale Drive, Ste A Springfield Illinois 62704Dialysis Stations: 17 (217) 793-2781
- Davita - Springfield Central Dialysis3.34 miles away600 North Grand Ave Springfield Illinois 62702CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (217) 528-0556
- Davita - Springfield South Dialysis3.77 miles away2930 South 6th St. Springfield Illinois 62703Dialysis Stations: 12 (217) 528-1745
- Fmc - Springfield East4.44 miles away140 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Springfield Illinois 62703Dialysis Stations: 9 (217) 528-5302