Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.

Ignite Medical Mchenry

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

See Rating Overview

550 Ridgeview Drive,
Mchenry IL 60050

(815) 900-2500

87.14% estimated occupancy ¹

Ignite Medical Mchenry is one of just two available facilities in Mchenry, Illinois. This proved to be a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of B-. This place seems to have a few things going for it. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

Get pricing and details on Mchenry senior living options.

Get Pricing

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Mchenry, Illinois Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)

Less:

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

Short-term Care Quality

We gave this nursing home one of our better grades in the area of short-term care, where it earned an impressive grade of A+. This is notably better than the facility's overall grade, which was certainly not elite. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

In addition, this nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Without having the deficiency data for this facility, it is difficult to assess the place in this area.

Does this page answer your questions about Ignite Medical Mchenry?

Nurse Quality

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. We weighed the levels of nurses at the facility, in addition to the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure which is well below the national average. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Moving on to our last area, this facility really didn't perform very well. Due to a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is its weakest area. For residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.333336 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this place also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Ignite Medical Mchenry Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 13.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 8% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients who have sustained falls leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 1.33% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients which suffered from a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 30.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 19.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 24.64% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 95.1% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 11.48% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 30.83% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 30.83% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Ignite Medical Mchenry, 11.31% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.