Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home located in Charleston, Illinois. With a terrible overall grade of F, this nursing home didn't fare well in our assessment. This nursing home is about as bad as it gets. We were surprised to find that this facility actually received one respectable category grade for inspections, which you can find more information about below.
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Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a C for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This tells you this facility avoided the more ominous categories of deficiencies. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an D. Our nursing score analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
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Long-term Care Quality
We gave this nursing home just a D for our long-term care rating. This is not a very good score. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated 41.836735 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly less than what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was short-term care, which is a weak link for this nursing home. We gave this facility a grade of D in the area of short-term care. In the category of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics sunk this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 7.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 6.12% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which suffered falls resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint can be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 15.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 21.98% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 80.35% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients showing symptoms of depression. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 61.99% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 4.49% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 8.92% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 8.92% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 17.9% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hilltop Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 86.04% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.18 miles away1000 Health Center Drive P O Box 372 Mattoon Illinois 61938Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 258-2572
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Mattoon Dialysis3.49 miles away6051 Developement Drive Charleston Illinois 61920CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (217) 345-2550