Lewis Memorial Christian Village is a large non-profit facility in Springfield, Illinois. With an overall rating of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Springfield. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is short-term care, which is addressed in the next section.
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Lewis Memorial Christian Village
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- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Short-term Care Quality
We gave this nursing home an A- in short-term care. Our short-term care grade is often employed to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize this facility's nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of B+ in this category. Inspection grades are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is not an impressive total. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the final category, this facility was awarded a C in long-term care, which is a decent grade. In our long-term care rating, we analyze the sheer volume of care provided by a facility, as well as a few qualitative metrics. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 95.389046 percent of its patients, which is higher than the average nursing home. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lewis Memorial Christian Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 6.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 7.2% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents which suffered falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 3.59% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 11.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 12.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 2.13% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents showing signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 97.17% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 14.92% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 19.05% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 19.05% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 16.09% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lewis Memorial Christian Village, 68.99% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Springfield, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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