Sauk Valley Senior Living
1000 Dixon Avenue, Rock Falls IL 61071 · (815) 625-8510 · 32.72% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Jul 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Rock Falls, Illinois, Sauk Valley Senior Living is the sole option we were able to find in this city. Sporting an overall grade of B, this nursing home is a fine option. Based on our assessment, this facility is a good fit for most people. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 55 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we gave this facility an A-. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we consider the amount of time nurses are caring for residents and the level of skill of those nurses. This facility provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is an impressive statistic which typically corresponds with better quality care. Finally, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients sustaining falls which lead to serious injury, this place performed as well as any nursing home in the country.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive grades, we awarded this facility an B+ for inspections. Inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of B. It performed better than most facilities in this area. Our short-term care grade is often employed to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The final item we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home permanently.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care. This facility was given a grade of C in the category. Our long-term care grade is generally used to assess a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. In addition to providing above average levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 95.180725 percent of its patients. This percentage is better than the average nursing home. The last datapoint we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 3.59 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number may be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of residents.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sauk Valley Senior Living Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better