Heritage Health-Mount Zion is a small nursing home located in Mt Zion, Illinois. Our rating scheme was not very kind to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall rating of F. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Mt Zion. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next section.
Heritage Health-Mount Zion
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Note: Heritage Health-Mount Zion has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
Even though this place's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it didn't perform terribly in our short-term care rating. We awarded it a C for that category, which is a decent score. That said, this was not enough to salvage its profile. Short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Remarkably, we gave this nursing home a grade of C for our long-term care rating, which is not too bad of a score. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 95.89041 percent of its patients. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Remarkably, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C for our nursing rating, which isn't a bad grade. Nursing scores are primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, while this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did very well in this subcategory.
Facility Inspections
In our final category of inspections, this facility received an F in this area. Since this information is compiled by independent government inspectors, we heavily weight negative feedback in this area. For places with poor inspection ratings, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This particular facility had 3 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they posed a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Health-Mount Zion Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents which have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients that have experienced a fall leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, 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-Mount Zion, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 30.45% of Patients
This is the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 87.4% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 13.9% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 17.56% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 11.82 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Health-Mount Zion, 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.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Marys HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.19 miles away1800 E Lake Shore Dr Decatur Illinois 62521Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 464-2966
- Decatur Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.27 miles away2300 North Edward Street Decatur Illinois 62526Voluntary non-profit - Other(217) 876-8121
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Dialysis Centers of America-Illinois2.64 miles away1830 South 44th Street Decatur Illinois 62521CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (217) 423-6760
- Davita - Decatur East Wood Dialysis5.41 miles away794 East Wood Street Decatur Illinois 62523Dialysis Stations: 18 (217) 425-6403
- Davita - Macon County Dialysis7.86 miles away1090 W Mckinley Decatur Illinois 62526CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (217) 877-9351