With an address in Mount Vernon, Illinois, Mount Vernon Health Care Center is one of four facilities in the area. Featuring an overall rating of D, this is a relatively poor nursing home. Based on our ratings, this facility may not be the best fit for most people. The only positive thing we can say about this place is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Mount Vernon Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Mount Vernon Health Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- No Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
While we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we want to acknowledge it received a decent grade of B- in the area of nursing. The nursing grade assesses a handful of datapoints, but the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This place provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this subcategory. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of turning a patient more often.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded its next best category score in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is a decent score. Our short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at was long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of B-. Long-term care grades are often used to grade a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 93.20988 percent of its residents. This is a few points lower than we expected but still a decent figure. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
The last category we assessed is inspections. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This indicates it avoided the more significant categories of deficiencies. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mount Vernon Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint can be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents that were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 30.45% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 87.4% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 13.9% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 17.56% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mount Vernon Health Care Center, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term 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
- Crossroads Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.07 miles away8 Doctors Park Rd Mount Vernon Illinois 62864Proprietary(618) 244-5500
- Good Samaritan Regional Hlth CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.36 miles away1 Good Samaritan Way Mount Vernon Illinois 62864Voluntary non-profit - Private(618) 899-1469
- Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -CentraliaAcute Care Hospitals 17.94 miles away400 North Pleasant Avenue Centralia Illinois 62801Voluntary non-profit - Church(618) 436-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Mt Vernon Dialysis0.49 miles away4102 N Water Tower Place Mount Vernon Illinois 62864CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (618) 244-3407
- Davita - Centralia Dialysis16.81 miles away1231 State Route 161 East Centralia Illinois 62801CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (618) 533-2535