Lena Living Center is located in Lena, Illinois. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a relatively poor facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Lena. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
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Lena Living Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pain Management
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Short-term Care Quality
Although this facility's overall score was not a highlight, it actually received a very good score in our short-term care category. We awarded it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better scores. This was a rare highlight in an otherwise lacking profile. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more critical for residents in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Our nursing grade is largely associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This place provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a somewhat concerning figure which is well below average. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.
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Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this facility didn't receive glowing inspections in recent years. We gave it a grade of just D for our inspections rating. One of the more important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We recommend you scrutinize the severity of those deficiencies. This particular nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we want to point out that this place received large government fines amounting to more than $100,000. This often suggests that a nursing home's bad performance has been an issue for several years.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was long-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit concerned this facility gave the vaccine to only 63.839287 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lena Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lena Living Center, 9.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lena Living Center, 4.02% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lena Living Center, 2.48% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lena Living Center, 30.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lena Living Center, 21.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lena Living Center, 15.94% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing signs of depression. Some believe this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lena Living Center, 75.87% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lena Living Center, 14.12% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lena Living Center, 14.22% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Lena Living Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lena Living Center, 14.22% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lena Living Center, 8.27% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lena Living Center, 25.64% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Fhn Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.99 miles away1045 West Stephenson Street Freeport Illinois 61032Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 599-6000
- The Monroe ClinicAcute Care Hospitals 19.19 miles away2005 5th Street Monroe Wisconsin 53566Voluntary non-profit - Private(608) 324-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Freeport Dialysis9.7 miles away1028 Kunkle Boulevard Freeport Illinois 61032Dialysis Stations: 10 (815) 232-2477
- Davita - Driftwood Dialysis11.94 miles away1808 S West Ave Freeport Illinois 61032Dialysis Stations: 10 (815) 232-0295
- Monroe Clinic Dialysis18.31 miles away120 W 7th Street Monroe Wisconsin 53566Dialysis Stations: 11 (608) 581-3055