Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Metropolis, Illinois. With an overall score of D, this is a relatively poor facility. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Metropolis. The city has just one other nursing home. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection grade. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category grades
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Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Aquatic Therapy
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next best area was short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. In our short-term care grade, we attempt to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The facility offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.
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Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Nursing ratings are primarily associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were significantly below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these statistics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care. It received a lowly F for this area, which is a rock bottom grade. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category may not provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes provide. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated just 60.81081 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 16.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 4.95% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 3.32% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 19.53% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 20.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 2.14% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 75.28% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 14.87% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 18.01% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that mobility is vital to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 18.01% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 17.72% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Metropolis Rehab & Health Care Center, 89.53% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Massac Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.83 miles away28 Chick Street, PO Box 850 Metropolis Illinois 62960Government - Hospital District or Authority(618) 524-2176
- Baptist Health PaducahAcute Care Hospitals 8.41 miles away2501 Kentucky Avenue Paducah Kentucky 42003Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 575-2100
- Lourdes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.99 miles away1530 Lone Oak Road Paducah Kentucky 42003Voluntary non-profit - Church(270) 444-2444
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - of Metropolis0.93 miles away20 Hospital Drive Metropolis Illinois 62960Dialysis Stations: 8 (618) 524-3046
- Fmc - Dialysis of Paducah8.99 miles away1532 Lone Oak Road, Suite g15 Paducah Kentucky 42003Dialysis Stations: 17 (270) 443-0217
- Fmc - South Paducah11.21 miles away1061 Husband Rd Paducah Kentucky 42003Dialysis Stations: 16 (270) 442-5020