Mclean County Nursing Home

Although we did not have many positive things to say about this facility's overall score, it did receive a respectable government inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent score in that area with a B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an B-. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are with residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place.

This facility received its third best category grade in the area of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. In the category of long-term care, we weigh the amount of care offered by a facility, as opposed to more healthcare-oriented services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.69788 percent of its residents, which is higher than most nursing homes. This facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The next area we rated was short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in this category. Our short-term care grades are presumably most critical for people requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.