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Lutheran Care Center

  • Date Updated:  August 01, 2024
  • CMS Overall 5-Star Rating:  
  • Address:  702 WEST CUMBERLAND
    ALTAMONT IL 62411 Map
  • Phone:  618-483-6136
  • Website:   Click Here
  • Medicare Provider Number:  145380
  • Participating in Medicare Since:  January 09, 1979
  • No. of Certified Beds:  96
  • No. of Residents:   46
  • Occupancy:   47.92% ( as of 08/11/2024 )
  • Amount Fined:  $0.00
  • Complaints Filed:   0

  About Lutheran Care Center

Lutheran Care Center, located in ALTAMONT, IL, is a non-profit organization that accepts Medicare and Medicaid. It is not part of a continuing care retirement community. It is located not in a hospital. Lutheran Care Center offers a range of services including skilled nursing, long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, and specialized memory care. The center is equipped with modern amenities and a supportive environment designed to enhance the quality of life for its residents. With a focus on personalized care plans and community engagement.

  • Lutheran Care Center is ranked #2 out of 2 facilities within a 10 mile radius and #2 out of 11 facilities within a 25 mile radius. See Ranking Report
  • CMS 5-Star Overall Rating is (5 out of 5):
  • Current Trend:   Improving
  • Total Nursing Hours Spent Per Resident Per Day: 3.46
    (The national average is 3.80 )
  • The percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission is 24.12% .
  •    There is no indication of abuse occuring at Lutheran Care Center. (CMS flags facilities where abuse has either happened or is very likely.)

  Lutheran Care Center Owner & Operator Information

Business Entity Name:

LUTHERAN CARE CENTER

Owners:

Managers and Directors:

  Lutheran Care Center Ratings and Inspection Scores

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regularly inspects every skilled nursing facility. The results of the multi-day inspection is a series of star ratings. The health inspection scores are an absolute value, so you can compare one facility's score directly to another.

Ratings

Overall Rating 5:
Health Inspection Rating 5:
Quality Rating 2:
Staffing Rating 5:

Inspection Scores

Cycle 1 Score (as of June 09, 2023) 8
Cycle 2 Score (as of June 17, 2022) 12
Cycle 3 Score (as of April 23, 2021) 60
Weighted All Cycles Score 18

  Nursing Hours Spent Per Patient

CMS provides detailed information about how long nursing staff spends with residents. This data includes nursing subcategories of Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and non-nursing Certified Nursing Assistants. More hours spend per patient should can indicate a better facility or it could indicate more complicated situations.

The nursing staff of Lutheran Care Center spends LESS time on average with its residents than the state average and LESS time than the national average for total nursing hours spent per resident.

Type Facility State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours 0.87 0.71 / 0.66
Case Mix 0.57 0.76 / 0.66
Adjusted 1.01 NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours 0.25 0.64 / 0.88
Case Mix 0.75 NA / NA
Adjusted 0.29 NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours 2.34 2.03 / 2.26
Case Mix 1.93 NA / NA
Adjusted 2.72 NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours 1.12 1.35 / 1.54
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours 0.01 0.05 / 0.07
Total Nursing Hours Spent per Resident on Average
Hours 3.46 3.38 / 3.80
Case Mix 3.25 4.34 / 3.79
Adjusted 4.03 NA / NA

  Quality Measures

Quality measures are based both on patient survey information and on the results of actual claims that are filed with CMS. It is not clear what period is covered in the measures.

Desc. Perc./ State Avg. / Comparison
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission (qm521)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
24.1% / 23.9%
Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit (qm522)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
14.0% / 13.3%
Worse
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
2.4% / 1.8%
Worse
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm552)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
1.5% / 1.9%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401) 20.6% / 12.0%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404) 6.5% / 6.7%
Better
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder (qm405) 3.4% / 46.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406) 19.6% / 1.4%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407) 1.9% / 2.2%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408) 2.6% / 38.9%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409) 0.0% / 0.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410) 5.4% / 3.4%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415) 100.0% / 85.7%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419) 10.2% / 19.7%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430) 92.4% / 66.0%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434) 0.0% / 2.2%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened (qm451) 20.3% / 13.9%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452) 26.3% / 18.2%
Worse
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm453) 10.3% / 8.4%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454) 98.3% / 91.6%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function (qm471) 86.4% / 72.4%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472) 95.5% / 62.5%
Better

  Hospitals Near Lutheran Care Center

Quite often skilled nursing facilities and hospitals work closely together to help patients recover or manage a terminal illness. Hospitals deals with acute care while nursing homes treat patients for a longer period of time. New residents at skilled nursing homes typically come from a hospital and nursing home residents may be readmitted to a hospital if their recovery does not proceed well. (Hospital readmission rates are closely monitored by CMS.) Consequently it is important that you consider which hospitals are near a nursing home which choosing one. Below is a list of hospitals near Lutheran Care Center.

This information is based on the most recent Hospital data. Historical data is not available.

Hospital 5-Star Overall Rating
ST ANTHONYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
503 N MAPLE STREET
EFFINGHAM, IL 62401
3
PANA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
101 E NINTH STREET
PANA, IL 62557
3
HSHS GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL
200 S CEDAR ST
SHELBYVILLE, IL 62565
Not Available
FAYETTE COUNTY HOSPITAL
650 W TAYLOR ST
VANDALIA, IL 62471
Not Available

Ratings History for Lutheran Care Center

  Medical Professionals Associated with Lutheran Care Center

These are the doctors who are affiliated with Lutheran Care Center. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

  • JOHN OPILKA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SARAH BUSH LINCOLN HEALTH CENTER )
  • ROBERT FROST ( FAMILY PRACTICE - HSHS MEDICAL GROUP INC )

  Local Nursing Homes

Below is a list of nursing homes in near Lutheran Care Center (including this home). This list is ranked based on the nursing home's health inspection scores (alse referred to as the "weighted all cycles score"). We also show the home's 5-star overall rating in the list. (If a nursing home has been flaged by CMS for abuse, we will added an icon (  ) to the home to indicate this.)

The data is based on the dataset as of August 01, 2024.

Name Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
Aperion Care St Elmo
(ST ELMO, IL)
14 / 4:
Lutheran Care Center
(ALTAMONT, IL)
18 / 5:
Fayette County Hospital
(VANDALIA, IL)
20.667 / 5:
Pana Health and Rehab Center
(PANA, IL)
26 / 4:
Evergreen Nursing and Rehab Center
(EFFINGHAM, IL)
51.333 / 3:
Lakeland Rehab and Healthcare Center
(EFFINGHAM, IL)
62 / 1:
Vandalia Rehab and Health Care C
(VANDALIA, IL)
117 / 1:
Shelbyville Rehab and Hlth C Ctr
(SHELBYVILLE, IL)
128 / 1:
Heartland Senior Living
(NEOGA, IL)
140.833 / 2:
Effingham Rehab and Health C Ctr
(EFFINGHAM, IL)
167.333 / 1:
Prairie Rose Health Care Ctr
(PANA, IL)
203 / 1:

  Our Analysis

Best and Worst Nursing Homes in ALTAMONT, IL

Here is our analysis of the Best Nursing Homes in ALTAMONT and Worst Nursing Homes in ALTAMONT so that you can make better decisions when choosing a nursing home. You should also use these lists after choosing a home to stay abreast of changes.

Ownership Details for Lutheran Care Center

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Noted Deficiencies for Lutheran Care Center

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Nursing Hours Analysis for Lutheran Care Center

How long a nurse spends with a resident can be an important factor in their recovery. This page shows the average nursing hours spent per resident for RNs, LPNs, CNAs, PTs and all licensed staff.

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