Heritage Health-Jacksonville

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Heritage Health-Jacksonville's website

873 Grove Street,
Jacksonville IL 62650

(217) 479-3400

61.71% estimated occupancy ¹

Heritage Health-Jacksonville is one of five available facilities located in Jacksonville, Illinois. Our rating scheme was not very kind to this facility, as we gave it an overall rating of F. Jacksonville received a city grade of C, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

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
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

We just couldn't find anything favorable to say about this place. It received just a D in the category of inspections. Unfortunately, this turned out to be its best score. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. We recommend you scrutinize the level of severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, we also would like to point out that this place was assessed significant government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This typically indicates that a nursing home's bad track record has been an issue for several years.

Long-term Care Quality

Turning to the category of long-term care, this facility was awarded just a D in this area. Sadly, this wound up being one of its better features. For residents looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 94.54545 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

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Nurse Quality

Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This place fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

The final area we analyzed is short-term care, where this facility received an abysmal grade in this area also. Sadly, it received an F for this category, which is definitely a major disappointment. Our short-term care grades are arguably more meaningful for patients requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. As you might expect, we found that this place offers substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the typical facility. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Heritage Health-Jacksonville Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that have experienced urinary tract infections. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 30.45% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 87.4% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 13.9% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 17.56% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 11.82 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Heritage Health-Jacksonville, 71.65% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation.