Prairie Village Healthcare Center is a large nursing home located in Jacksonville, Illinois. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a solid score. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to be a solid choice for most people. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Prairie Village Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall score. In the inspections category, we gave it an A. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the area of long-term care, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- in that category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.6139 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's third best score is short-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared somewhat badly. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics doomed this nursing home's short-term care grade.
Nurse Quality
The next category we analyzed was nursing, which is this nursing home's least impressive category. Sadly, it received an F for this category, which is certainly concerning. Nursing scores are largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This facility fared well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Prairie Village Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who sustained a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who have sustained UTI's. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 30.45% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 87.4% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 13.9% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence. Some argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 17.56% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 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 Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 11.82 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Prairie Village Healthcare Center, 71.65% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Jacksonville, IL
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Jacksonville, Illinois has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Passavant Area HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.79 miles away1600 W Walnut St Jacksonville Illinois 62650Voluntary non-profit - Private(217) 245-9551
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Jacksonville Dialysis0.69 miles away1515 W Walnut St Lot 11 Jacksonville Illinois 62650Dialysis Stations: 14 (217) 243-3042