Heritage Health-Pana is one of just two available nursing homes located in Pana, Illinois. Sporting an overall score of B, this nursing home is a very good option. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this nursing home. While we were impressed with this facility overall, we did want to let you know that there was an ownership change in the last year. We will keep an eye on their inspections and quality scores to confirm they maintain their high marks in the future.
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Heritage Health-Pana
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Please note our records indicate that Heritage Health-Pana has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- 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
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this place also earned top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of A. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category usually have few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an impressive long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 99.02913 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. The nursing score includes a handful of subcategories, but the main one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning residents more often.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we looked at is short-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in that category. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 4.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Health-Pana Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Health-Pana, 6.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Health-Pana, 3.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percentage of long-term patients who experienced falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Health-Pana, 0.74% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Health-Pana, 16.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Health-Pana, 24.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Health-Pana, 3.87% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Health-Pana, 99.51% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Health-Pana, 12.5% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Health-Pana, 11.78% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Pana, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Health-Pana, 11.78% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Health-Pana, 21.25% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Health-Pana, 64.67% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Pana Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.95 miles away101 E Ninth Street Pana Illinois 62557Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 562-2131
- Hshs Good Shepherd Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 13.95 miles away200 S Cedar St Shelbyville Illinois 62565Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 774-3961
- Taylorville Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.85 miles away201 East Pleasant Street Taylorville Illinois 62568Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 824-3331
Nearby Dialysis
- Dialyze Direct Il - Shelbyville13.44 miles away410 S Heinlein Drive Shelbyville Illinois 62565Dialysis Stations: 9 (217) 774-1527
- Davita - Taylorville Dialysis17.25 miles away901 W Spresser Taylorville Illinois 62568CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (217) 824-5460