Heritage Health-Bloomington is an average-sized nursing home located in Bloomington, Illinois. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is likely a decent nursing home. This facility has a few things going for it. This nursing home did not fare well in every category we looked at, but it did not receive any terrible grades either. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Heritage Health-Bloomington
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received a much better grade for nursing than it received overall. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Illinois in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a resident at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a B- for our inspections rating. This is more impressive than its overall grade. Inspection grades are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This facility received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third best area we awarded this facility in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. Our short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's worst category was long-term care, which is the last category we scored. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of D. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were disappointed to learn that this facility vaccinated only 83.98058 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Health-Bloomington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 5.96% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 3.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients which experienced falls which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 2.2% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which experienced UTI's. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 18.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients which are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 21.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 4.69% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 85.55% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 14.79% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 19.51% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 19.51% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 10.41% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Health-Bloomington, 64.79% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Bloomington, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Bloomington, Illinois has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Advocate Bromenn Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.72 miles away1304 Franklin Avenue Normal Illinois 61761Voluntary non-profit - Church(309) 454-1400
- St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.61 miles away2200 E Washington Bloomington Illinois 61701Voluntary non-profit - Church(309) 662-3311
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Mclean County0.68 miles away1505 Eastland Medical Plaza Bloomington Illinois 61701Dialysis Stations: 20 (309) 663-7165
- Fmc - Normal Dialysis2.19 miles away1531 E College Avenue Normal Illinois 61761Dialysis Stations: 12 (309) 451-1171
- Home Dialysis Services - Bloomington4.27 miles away3901 General Electric Road, Suite 1 Bloomington Illinois 61704Dialysis Stations: 1 (309) 808-1226