El Paso Health Care Center is a large nursing home located in El Paso, Illinois. Featuring an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a very poor nursing home. This nursing home didn't have any redeeming qualities. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next section.
El Paso Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: El Paso Health Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We just couldn't find anything positive to say about this nursing home. It received just a D for short-term care. Tragically, this proved to be its best grade. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Considering its grade in this category, we were not surprised to learn that this facility is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the figures we assessed. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Facility Inspections
Among this facility's alarming category grades was an F for its inspection rating. More often than not, this means we found some red flags on the facility's government inspection reports. For facilities with poor inspection ratings, you should scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This nursing home had 6 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only favorable thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. In calculating a facility's nursing grade, we consider the amount of time nurses are with residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. With only 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident each day, this place's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This place performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at is long-term care. It received an abysmal F for this category, which is a very poor score. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated 89.40398 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be several points below what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
El Paso Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In El Paso Health Care Center, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In El Paso Health Care Center, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In El Paso Health Care Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In El Paso Health Care Center, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In El Paso Health Care Center, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In El Paso Health Care Center, 30.45% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In El Paso Health Care Center, 87.4% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In El Paso Health Care Center, 13.9% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In El Paso Health Care Center, 17.56% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In El Paso Health Care Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In El Paso Health Care Center, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Nearby Hospitals
- Advocate Eureka HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.08 miles away101 S Major St Eureka Illinois 61530Voluntary non-profit - Private(309) 467-2371
- Advocate Bromenn Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.93 miles away1304 Franklin Avenue Normal Illinois 61761Voluntary non-profit - Church(309) 454-1400
- St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.2 miles away2200 E Washington Bloomington Illinois 61701Voluntary non-profit - Church(309) 662-3311
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Normal Dialysis16.16 miles away1531 E College Avenue Normal Illinois 61761Dialysis Stations: 12 (309) 451-1171
- Home Dialysis Services - Bloomington17.25 miles away3901 General Electric Road, Suite 1 Bloomington Illinois 61704Dialysis Stations: 1 (309) 808-1226
- Fmc - Mclean County18.21 miles away1505 Eastland Medical Plaza Bloomington Illinois 61701Dialysis Stations: 20 (309) 663-7165