Mercy Harvard Hospital Care Center

Mercy Harvard Hospital Care Center is a small non-profit facility located in Harvard, Illinois. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-graded nursing homes we looked at. Being awarded an A+ in our grading system requires top-notch performance across the board. We really couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its grades are impeccable. One of the major highlights of this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical area. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

An additional reason we assessed this facility so favorably is that it was given an A+ short-term care score. This is just about as strong as it gets in this category. Our short-term care scores are likely most important for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home excelled in two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the typical nursing home. This is certainly a great sign. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that returned home from this facility. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy staffing, we found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in the nation with 66.2 percent of its patients returning home.

In the third area we assessed, this facility received quality marks in the category of long-term care. Consequently, it received one of our best grades in that area with a of A+. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. After assessing the significant amount of nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be successful as this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

In the final area we rated, this facility was given high scores in the category of nursing as well. As a result, we gave it an A+. This rendered it one of an elite handful of nursing homes who received A+'s in all four categories. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 5.7 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With under 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category.