Heritage Health-Gibson City is a nursing home in Gibson City, Illinois, a city with a total of 4,321 people. This facility was awarded an uninspiring overall grade of D, which is a lower end rating. This is not the worse facility we looked at, however, we'd still struggle to recommend it. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Heritage Health-Gibson City
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Heritage Health-Gibson City has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we want to point out its decent government inspections in recent years. We gave it a somewhat respectable score of B- in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B-. Our short-term care grades are thought to be more meaningful for people requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The important question is whether this also affected quality of care. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is long-term care. We gave it a lowly F in this category, which is an abysmal score. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated 88.14433 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be quite a few points below what we were hoping for. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Health-Gibson City Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 8.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 3.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which had a fall which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 2.49% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who had urinary tract infections. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 19.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 31.81% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 87.05% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 13.3% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 14.44% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 1.92 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 14.44 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Health-Gibson City, 13.66 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Gibson Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.48 miles away1120 N Melvin Street Gibson City Illinois 60936Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 784-4251