Heritage Health-Minonk

Nursing Home
Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Heritage Health-Minonk's website

201 Locust Street,
Minonk IL 61760

(309) 432-2557

44.69% estimated occupancy ¹

Heritage Health-Minonk is the lone facility we identified in Minonk, Illinois. We awarded this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the nation. You simply can not do any better than this place. Keep reading to see this place's category ratings, which are equally impressive. You really can't do any better than a straight A profile.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Optometry
Audiology
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Long-term Care Quality

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of long-term care, where it received an A. Few facilities did better in this area. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death illness for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Facility Inspections

Turning to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Nurse Quality

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses are seeing patients and the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

In the final category, we gave this facility a grade of A for its short-term care rating. This finished off a very strong report card. Our short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Heritage Health-Minonk Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

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

This gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

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

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

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

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have experienced a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic could also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

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

This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents that are administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

This gauges the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Heritage Health-Minonk, 30.45% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Heritage Health-Minonk, 87.4% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Heritage Health-Minonk, 13.9% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Heritage Health-Minonk, 17.56% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

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

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Heritage Health-Minonk, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Heritage Health-Minonk, 11.82 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.