Homestead Nursing and Rehabilitation of Collinsvil

While this facility's overall score was not a highlight, it did receive a very good grade in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better grades. Our inspection grades are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies associated with risks to resident well being. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

This facility's next best category was its long-term care score, where it received a grade of B-. In our long-term care grade, we assess the quantity of care offered by a facility, as well as a few quality datapoints. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.26471 percent of its residents. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Unfortunately, this facility only received a grade of D for its nursing grade, which was actually one of its better category grades. The nursing rating is based on a handful of components, but the primary one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

The last area we assessed was short-term care. It received a lowly F for this category, which is a bottom of the barrel grade. Our short-term care ratings are probably most important for those requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Considering its grade in this category, we were not stunned to learn that this place is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the data we assessed. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.