Heritage Health-Carlinville is a nursing home located in Carlinville, Illinois, which has a population of 8,354 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade in this range generally suggests a few concerning datapoints. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Carlinville. The city has just two other nursing homes. This nursing home's only redeeming quality was its inspection score, which we provide more information on below.
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Heritage Health-Carlinville
- 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
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our best scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this nursing home's second most respectable category is long-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared relatively poorly. For residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinates 94.63415 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. We weighed the qualifications of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in determining our rating in this category. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we rated is short-term care. This nursing home was given an abysmal grade of F in that area. In forming these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4 percent of its patients returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Health-Carlinville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 3.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 9.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 4.59% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 15.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 10.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 3.57% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 95.65% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 20.47% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 19.45% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is important for patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 19.45% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 13.52% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Health-Carlinville, 74.69% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Carlinville Area HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.57 miles away20733 N Broad Street Carlinville Illinois 62626Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 854-3141
- St Francis HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.73 miles away1215 Franciscan Dr Litchfield Illinois 62056Voluntary non-profit - Church(217) 324-2191
- Community Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.75 miles away400 N Caldwell St Staunton Illinois 62088Voluntary non-profit - Private(618) 635-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Litchfield Dialysis14.67 miles away915 St Francis Way Litchfield Illinois 62056CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (217) 324-2200