Walker Nursing Home

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Walker Nursing Home's website

530 East Beardstown Street,
Virginia IL 62691

(217) 452-3218

37.18% 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.

Quick Details

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

Registered Staff Hours

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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 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. While this wasn't quite as good as some of its other category grades, this isn't a bad score either. The nursing grade analyzes several datapoints, but the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, while this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared well in this statistic.

Short-term Care Quality

Moving on to our final area, this facility was awarded a decent short-term care grade. Even though this wasn't quite as strong as several of its other category grades, this is still not a poor grade. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Walker Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Walker Nursing Home, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Walker Nursing Home, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Walker Nursing Home, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Walker Nursing Home, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Walker Nursing Home, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Walker Nursing Home, 30.45% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Walker Nursing Home, 87.4% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Walker Nursing Home, 13.9% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Walker Nursing Home, 17.56% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients health.

Hospitalizations

In Walker Nursing Home, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Walker Nursing Home, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.