Hallmark House Nursing Center
2501 Allentown Road, Pekin IL 61554 · (309) 347-3121 · 67.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Hallmark House Nursing Center is one of a mere three available nursing homes in Pekin, Illinois. We awarded this facility an overall rating of B, which is an impressive rating. Indeed, it proved to be the highest graded nursing home in the city. In our view, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. Lastly, this facility had an ownership change in the last year, so we will need to make sure it keeps up its high scores under new ownership.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 71 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
On top of earning a strong overall score, this facility performed well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is frequently a meaningful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. This place performed as well as just about any facility in Illinois in this area with 61.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in inspections. It received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with an A. Few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range performed as well in multiple categories. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. There are numerous factors included in this category. Many of the factors relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This place provides an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Lastly, this nursing home was relatively weak in two of the major metrics we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a D for the area of long-term care, making this the nursing home's least impressive category grade. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After looking at nursing hours provided by this facility, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. With a long-term care grade in this range, we were surprised to learn that this facility received respectable marks in both subcategories. In fact, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which appears to be higher than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this facility also wasn't as bad as we expected at keeping its patients out of the hospital. While it had 2.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score wasn't bad due to it having some more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hallmark House Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes 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 residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better