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Tuscola Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1203 Egyptian Trail,
Tuscola IL 61953

(217) 253-4791

59.15% estimated occupancy ¹

Tuscola Health Care Center is a small facility located in Tuscola, Illinois. This facility was given an F, which is just about as bad as it gets in our grading scheme. Based on our assessment, this facility is not a good fit for any prospective resident. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

This nursing home really excelled in nursing, where it earned an C. Few places fared better in this category. Nursing ratings are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

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Short-term Care Quality

We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that this facility received a somewhat respectable short-term care score in our assessment. We gave it a C in that category. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

The last category we graded is long-term care. We gave it a lowly F in this area, which is a bottom of the barrel score. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may mean that the nursing home is not as well-staffed. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this nursing home administered the vaccine to a relatively low 28.244272 percent of its patients, which is not a very encouraging sign. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Tuscola Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 15.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 3.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that have had a fall leading to serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 10.94% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 24.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 22.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 7.22% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 60.65% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 13.27% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 11.89% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 11.89% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 20.35% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Tuscola Health Care Center, 48.51% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.