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Walker Nursing Home

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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530 East Beardstown Street,
Virginia IL 62691

(217) 452-3218

38.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Walker Nursing Home is a senior living facility located in Virginia, Illinois. This city has a population of 2,426 people. Featuring an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. Based on our analysis, you could do much worse than this facility. We were also pleased to find that this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.

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

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Optometry
Catheter Care

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Contributing to this nursing home's list of accomplishments, it also was given a very favorable long-term care score. We awarded them a strong grade of A- in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home received its next best category grade in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this category, which is an acceptable grade. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

The final area we rated is nursing, in which this facility was given a B-. Even though this proved to be its least impressive category rating, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. Our nursing grade analyzes the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This place was subpar in two of the major areas we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are often reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care available.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Walker Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Walker Nursing Home, 17.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Walker Nursing Home, 5% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Walker Nursing Home, 4% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Walker Nursing Home, 15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Walker Nursing Home, 22.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Walker Nursing Home, 0% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Walker Nursing Home, 97.96% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Walker Nursing Home, 15.05% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Walker Nursing Home, 26.27% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Walker Nursing Home, 26.27% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.