Fairfield Memorial Hospital is one of just a few facilities located in Fairfield, Illinois. With an A+ overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top five percent of all facilities in the country. At the end of the day, this facility looks like a great choice for just about anybody. Finally, this appears to be a very consistent facility with consistent grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Fairfield Memorial Hospital
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Radiation Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
One of the many reasons this place ended up being a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this category. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-plus
This facility also received an A+ for its short-term care grade. In determining our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to devise a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Turning our third category, we awarded this facility a grade of A for its long-term care score. This is a dominant rating. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A
The final area we looked at is nursing, where this nursing home received a grade of A. This completed a very impressive profile. Few facilities received an A- or higher in each of our categories. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a resident at least once a day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fairfield Memorial Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 3.7% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: F
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 9.23% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 6.35% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 7.69% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 6.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A+
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 100% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 6.67% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: D
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 7.44% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 7.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-plus
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 10.5% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: C
In Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 71.81% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Fairfield Memorial Hospital 1Critical Access Hospitals 0.08 miles away303 N W 11th Street Fairfield Illinois 62837Voluntary non-profit - Private(618) 842-2611
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Wayne County0.05 miles away303 N. W. 11th Street, Suite 1 Fairfield Illinois 62837Dialysis Stations: 8 (618) 842-7204
