Mclean County Nursing Home
901 North Main, Normal IL 61761 · (309) 888-5380 · 62.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Normal, Illinois, Mclean County Nursing Home is one of a mere three available nursing homes in the city. This is a well below average facility, with an overall grade of D. While this grade isn't too far off the city grade in Normal which is a C, you still should be able to do better. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong nursing rating. You can continue reading to find out about nursing and other category scores
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 150 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Although we were not complementary of this facility's overall grade, it earned an impressive nursing score this year. We gave it a B+ in this area. Our nursing score is mostly based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Remarkably, this nursing home actually received a good score in inspections as well. We gave it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Not many facilities that were this poor overall received multiple category grades of this caliber. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid places that have too many deficiencies. This facility received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its long-term care score, which is not an impressive grade. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.1573 percent of its patients, which is more than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.91 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at is short-term care, which is a low point for this facility. We gave this facility a grade of D in the area of short-term care. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. With a score in this range for this category, we weren't surprised to discover that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it provided significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 26.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care score.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mclean County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better