Heather Health Care Center
15600 South Honore Street, Harvey IL 60426 · (708) 333-9550 · 83.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Heather Health Care Center is located in Harvey, Illinois. This facility received an overall rating of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Harvey. This facility's only redeeming quality was its inspection score, which we provide more information about below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 173 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it actually earned an impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with an A. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid facilities with a list of deficiencies flagged. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this facility's several terrible scores was its F in the area of long-term care. For patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 98.00725 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. There are numerous datapoints included in this grade. Many of the factors relate to staffing levels. This nursing home provided just 2.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. On top of receiving below average scores for nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this nursing home was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric. This is a bad sign when you consider that many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, this statistic dragged down this facility's nursing rating significantly.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we rated was short-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this category, which is a bottom of the barrel score. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more meaningful for folks requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Considering its abysmal score in this area, we weren't stunned to discover this facility provides substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 27.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics sunk this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heather Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better