Meadows Mennonite Home
24588 Church Street, Chenoa IL 61726 · (309) 747-2702 · 22% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Meadows Mennonite Home is a large non-profit nursing home in Chenoa, Illinois. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this looks like a solid nursing home. You could certainly do worse than this facility. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its strong nursing grade, which we will address in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 130 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
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Family Council:
Nurse Quality
This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but it really excelled in the area of nursing care, with an impressive grade of A- in this category. In determining our nursing scores, we assess both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It received one of our highest grades in that area with an B+. Our inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's inspections. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor dings aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of C. Short-term care grades are meaningful for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 34.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at is long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is not a bad grade in this area. Our long-term care grade is commonly used to judge a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 70.99236 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be quite a few points less than what we expected. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.88 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place is also slightly below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadows Mennonite Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better