Mercy Rehab and Care Center
100 Rosewood Village Drive, Belleville IL 62220 · (618) 236-1391 · 81.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Mercy Rehab and Care Center is a facility located in Belleville, Illinois, a city with a population of 95,666 people. This nursing home middle of the road overall score of C, which resulted in it being one of the three highest graded nursing homes in Belleville. This place seems to have a few things going for it. One of the better aspects of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable category turned out to be long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B-. Long-term care scores are important for residents looking for non-healthcare services such as personal care. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to learn that this facility vaccinated 99.67427 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.79 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this place was not too far off the national average.
Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. When determining our nursing scores, we analyze both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also weighed some quality-based assessments. This facility scored well in a few of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility outpaced the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was short-term care, which is a weak spot for this facility. We gave this nursing home a D in short-term care. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this place was well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 38.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mercy Rehab and Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents which have sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks 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 datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better