Helia Healthcare of Olney

Helia Healthcare of Olney is an average-sized nursing home located in Olney, Illinois. This is a lower end facility, with an overall grade of D. This isn't the worse place we looked at, however, we'd still be very reluctant to recommend it. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores

While this nursing home's overall score was not a highlight, it actually received a very good grade in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. You should especially avoid nursing homes with severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

We also gave this nursing home a respectable score in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Short-term care scores are vital for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We found that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This proved to be a stronger area than its staffing data. This place fared well in this area with 56 percent of its patients returning home. This was a big boost to its grade in this category.

The third category we analyzed was long-term care. This facility's received a low-end long-term care score where it was given a lowly F. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable datapoint. To our surprise, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.59 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

The final area we analyzed was nursing, in which this nursing home was given a rock bottom score in this area as well. It received an abysmal F in this area, which is obviously somewhat alarming. In determining a facility's nursing score, we weigh the amount of time nurses are with residents as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This particular facility averaged a meager 2.5 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This number is far below average. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility was above average in two of the areas we focus on, with solid marks for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.