Mclean County Nursing Home

On top of receiving a favorable overall score, this facility also received a strong nursing score. We gave it an above average grade of B+ in this category. The nursing grade is based on several components, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Another one of this facility's above average category scores came in the category of short-term care. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care grades are probably most critical for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

This facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an impressive grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.

The final category we assessed is long-term care. We awarded this facility one of our higher scores in that area, with a grade of B. This facility proved to be very solid in all areas we analyzed. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.00995 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.