Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center's website

1115 North Wenthe,
Effingham IL 62401

(217) 347-7121

29.75% estimated occupancy ¹

Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center is a facility located in Effingham, Illinois, a city with a total of 19,096 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some respectable scores. Based on all of the relevant data, there are certainly much worse nursing homes out there. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy

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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

While this nursing home earned a decent overall rating, its inspections score is notably better than its overall grade. Due to a strong health inspection report this year, it earned a strong score in that category with a B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home's second most favorable category is short-term care. We gave it a B- in this area. This is basically a slightly below average score in this category. In computing these short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The critical question is whether this also affected quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.

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Long-term Care Quality

This facility's third highest area came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. With our long-term care grade, we focus on the volume of care provided by a nursing home, along with a series of quality datapoints. Once we assessed the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

The next category we analyzed was nursing, which ended up being a weak link for this facility. We awarded this facility a grade of just D for our nursing category. Nursing grades are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these metrics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric tells you the percent of long-term care patients that have pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 30.45% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 87.4% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 13.9% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 17.56% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 11.82 Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Evergreen Nursing & Rehab Center, 71.65% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

St Anthonys Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.98 miles away503 N Maple Street Effingham Illinois 62401Voluntary non-profit - Church(217) 342-2121