Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is a nursing home located in Dixon, Illinois. The city has 23,745 people. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this is a strong nursing home. Based on our assessment, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. This facility also received consistently good scores in each of our categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
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Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this nursing home received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ in that category. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home also was awarded favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we awarded them one of our higher scores in that area, with a grade of B. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is more often than not a solid assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home one of our more favorable grades in that category, with a grade of B. This facility turned out to be strong in each area we assessed. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 92.71255 percent of its residents. This is a bit lower than we were hoping for but still a decent figure. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 4.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 1.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 0.84% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 12.89% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 29.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents that are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 29.26% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 86.36% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 19.91% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 17.42% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 17.42% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 14.38% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Dixon Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 85.77% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Katherine Shaw Bethea HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.92 miles away403 E 1st St Dixon Illinois 61021Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 288-5531
- Cgh Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.88 miles away100 East Lefevre Road Sterling Illinois 61081Government - Local(815) 625-0400
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Quad Citites0.92 miles away101 West Second Street Dixon Illinois 61021Dialysis Stations: 8 (815) 284-0555
- Davita - Dixon Kidney Center2.09 miles away1131 N Galena Avenue Dixon Illinois 61021Dialysis Stations: 8 (815) 284-0595
- Davita - Whiteside Dialysis12.06 miles away4406 East Lincoln Way Sterling Illinois 61081CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (815) 535-0447