Heartland of Peoria
5600 Glen Elm Drive, Peoria IL 61614 · (309) 693-8777 · 77.36% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Heartland of Peoria is one of a variety of options to choose from in Peoria, Illinois. This facility received a rock bottom overall rating based on the data we assessed. This place is about as bad as it gets. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 144 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. We believe that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an B-. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we look at the amount of time nurses spend with patients as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as good indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
Incredibly, we awarded this facility a B- for our short-term care rating, which really isn't too bad of a score. Short-term care scores are crucial for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This facility is above average in terms of its level of both physical therapy and registered nurse staffing provided to its patients. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the nursing home. This place fared better than most facilities in this metric with 55.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was long-term care, where this facility was given a bottom of the barrel grade in this category as well. It received an F in this area, which is definitely very concerning. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means the facility didn't perform well in our measures relating to resident care. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 92.78689 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit less than we expected but still a decent percentage. To our surprise, this nursing home was not as bad as we expected at keeping its patients out of the hospital. While it had 2.38 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric wasn't bad since it had some more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heartland of Peoria Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better