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Heartland of Paxton

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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1001 East Pells Street,
Paxton IL 60957

(217) 379-4361

88.49% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Heartland of Paxton has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Heartland of Paxton is in Paxton, Illinois, a city with a total of 5,615 people. With an overall score of F, we consider this to be a very poor facility. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Paxton. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

Remarkably, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C for our nursing rating, which isn't a bad grade. Nursing grades are primarily based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, while this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed well in this area.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this facility's third best category is short-term care. As it turns out, with a D in this area, it still fared somewhat poorly. In our short-term care score, we try to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this facility offers far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next category we looked at is long-term care, which was a weak spot for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a D for the area of long-term care. For prospective patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.2353 percent of its residents, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Heartland of Paxton Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland of Paxton, 6.77% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Heartland of Paxton, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Heartland of Paxton, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained a UTI. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Heartland of Paxton, 15.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland of Paxton, 14.89% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Heartland of Paxton, 66.35% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Heartland of Paxton, 99.12% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Heartland of Paxton, 9.7% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Heartland of Paxton, 12.1% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland of Paxton, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Heartland of Paxton, 12.1% 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

In Heartland of Paxton, 12.56% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Heartland of Paxton, 75.49% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Gibson Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.18 miles away1120 N Melvin Street Gibson City Illinois 60936Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 784-4251

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=145603