Mount Vernon Countryside Manor is an average-sized nursing home located in Mount Vernon, Illinois. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires favorable marks in most areas. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
Mount Vernon Countryside Manor
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This facility earned a strong overall grade as mentioned above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent long-term care score. We awarded them a grade of A- in this category. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.0566 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a favorable short-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B+ in this category. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. We weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded was nursing. We awarded this facility a solid score in this category, with a B-. While this was not on par with several of this facility's other scores, it is nevertheless not a major area of concern. Our nursing rating is primarily based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, nursing ratings also factor in quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mount Vernon Countryside Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 30.45% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could reveal worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 87.4% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 13.9% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 17.56% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 11.82 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mount Vernon Countryside Manor, 71.65% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Mount Vernon, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Mount Vernon, Illinois has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.63 miles away1 Good Samaritan Way Mount Vernon Illinois 62864Voluntary non-profit - Private(618) 899-1469
- Crossroads Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.02 miles away8 Doctors Park Rd Mount Vernon Illinois 62864Proprietary(618) 244-5500
- Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaAcute Care Hospitals 19.39 miles away400 North Pleasant Avenue Centralia Illinois 62801Voluntary non-profit - Church(618) 436-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Mt Vernon Dialysis3.36 miles away4102 N Water Tower Place Mount Vernon Illinois 62864CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (618) 244-3407
- Davita - Centralia Dialysis18.12 miles away1231 State Route 161 East Centralia Illinois 62801CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (618) 533-2535