Fairview Nursing Center
602 East Jackson, Du Quoin IL 62832 · (618) 542-3441 · 64.73% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Fairview Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home in Du Quoin, Illinois. Sporting an overall rating of B, this nursing home is a quality option. You could definitely do much worse than this nursing home. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 76 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this facility also received first-rate health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in this category, with an A+. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few 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 means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of A for our long-term care score. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.09 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. The nursing rating analyzes a handful of subcategories, however, the main one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 2.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. While this facility didn't really impress in terms of the quantity of nursing care provided, it performed admirably in some of our quality-based metrics. In fact, it was above average in two of the metrics we assess, with positive reviews for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These statistics are reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided since many bed sores and falls can be avoided.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is short-term care, which is this facility's weakest category. It received a lowly F in this area, which is clearly somewhat concerning. In forming these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, we learned that this nursing home provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 27.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fairview Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
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. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better