Heritage Health-Minonk
201 Locust Street, Minonk IL 61760 · (309) 432-2557 · 73.26% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Heritage Health-Minonk is the only facility we were able to find in Minonk, Illinois. With an overall grade of A-, this is undoubtedly a very strong facility. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. This nursing home also received consistently good scores in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 49 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are nearly perfect. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Nursing ratings are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which was among the better figures we found. Lastly, this nursing home also excelled in several quality-based metrics we looked at. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, this place performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is typically an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and a system of turning patients even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home also was given favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. In fact, we awarded it one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care scores are presumably most important for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This place performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 50 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our last area, this nursing home was given a very strong long-term care rating. Even though this was not as good as some of its other scores, this is still one of our more favorable grades a facility can receive. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the impressive volume of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the nursing home's record for vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. This combination proved to be successful as this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.11 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a much lower hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Health-Minonk Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better