Heartland of Marion

The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher grades in that category, with an A-. This is a much better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

This nursing home also was awarded an impressive short-term care grade. As a matter of fact, we gave it a grade of B+ in that category, which happens to be one of our more favorable scores. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is considered to be a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility 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 item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

This facility was awarded its next highest category grade in the area of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this category, which is an acceptable score. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.64539 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Switching gears to the next area, this nursing home received a decent nursing score of C. There are a number of factors within this area. Many of these subcategories relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, nursing scores also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.