Flora Gardens Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Flora Gardens Care Center's website

701 Shadwell Avenue,
Flora IL 62839

(618) 662-8361

48.24% estimated occupancy ¹

Flora Gardens Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Flora, Illinois. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. This facility seems to have a few things going for it. The best part of this facility's profile was its stellar inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Audiology
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

To pair with its relatively modest overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. This is far more impressive than its overall score. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

The next highest category we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

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Nurse Quality

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. The nursing rating is based on a number of subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. While this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this area. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving patients more often.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's weakest category is long-term care, which is the last area we analyzed. For this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. As it turns out, this facility administered the vaccine to just 76.69173 percent of its patients, which is several points lower than we expected. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Flora Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who have sustained falls which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 30.45% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some argue this is a measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 87.4% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 13.9% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 17.56% Percentage of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Flora Gardens 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 patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Flora Gardens Care Center, 11.82 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.