Heritage Health-Peru
1301 21st Street, Peru IL 61354 · (815) 223-4901 · 69.05% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Heritage Health-Peru is one of just two available facilities in Peru, Illinois. With an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly a world class facility. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. This also ended up being a very consistent nursing home with consistently strong grades in all four of our categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 127 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the elite level of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were pleased by the nursing home's record for vaccinations. For example, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.67532 percent of its patients, which is very impressive. The last datapoint we assessed is its hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 2.1 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning our third area, we awarded this facility a grade of A- for its short-term care score. This is a very strong score. Short-term care grades are generally employed to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To provide good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. This place performed better than most facilities in this area with 55 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our last area, this nursing home also performed admirably in our nursing category. We gave it an A- for that area. This rounded out truly elite profile. In computing a nursing home's nursing score, we consider the amount of time nurses commit to residents as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This was one of the better figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. These are both really impressive figures. On top of offering high levels of nursing care, this place also excelled in several of the quality measures we assessed. With below five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place the country in this category. This is usually an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers could be prevented by offering better nursing care and a system of moving patients more often.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Health-Peru 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