Randolph County Care Center
312 West Belmont, Sparta IL 62286 · (618) 443-4351 · 59.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Randolph County Care Center is an average-sized government-owned facility located in Sparta, Illinois. This turns out to be a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of C. This place seems to have a few things working in its favor. The best part of this place's report card is its remarkable inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
CCRC :
Government - County
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in this category. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. This place received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a favorable grade in long-term care. This facility received a B+ in this area, which turns out to be one of our better grades. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 94.545456 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. The last datapoint we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this nursing home had 2.43 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
Another strength of this facility is its favorable grade in nursing. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an D. The nursing score analyzes a handful of factors, but the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided a meager 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is an alarmingly low total. In addition to its below average nursing hours, this nursing home also earned poor scores in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We found that a higher percentage of this facility's residents sustained falls which led to serious injury.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the final area, this facility really didn't fare well. With a poor grade of F in short-term care, this is this nursing home's weakest category grade. Short-term care grades are typically used to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To offer highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this nursing home offers far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 33.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Randolph County Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better