Gaffey Home Nursing & Hospice, Inc.
Sterling, Illinois — Whiteside County
Gaffey Home Nursing & Hospice, Inc. is an established for-profit hospice provider that scores well above average overall, ranking in the 61st percentile in Illinois. They perform particularly well in end-of-life presence, overall care quality indicators, and family communication, meeting or exceeding state benchmarks in these areas. This is a smaller-census provider, which can mean more personalized care — ask how they manage staffing during weekends and holidays.
Wayven Quality Score
Excellent
Better than 61% of hospices in Illinois
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CompareQuality breakdown
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State avg: 59.2
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
Note: Family satisfaction scores are from the Illinois CAHPS Hospice Survey (state-level, not provider-specific). Providers in this state share these benchmarks.
State avg: 91.8
State avg: 91.8
10
HCI Score
out of 10
61%
Percentile
in Illinois
#58
State Rank
in Illinois
State avg: 9.2
State avg: 91.8
About this provider
Gaffey Home Nursing & Hospice, Inc. performs strongly in Comfort & Pain Management, placing them among the better providers in Illinois.
Ask about their on-call availability and how they support families between scheduled visits.
Based on federal CMS quality data, updated February 2026.
Hospice Care Index Components
- Overall HCI score
- 10 / 10
- Continuous care / inpatient days
- 0.1
- Gaps in nursing visits
- 45.5
- Nurse care minutes per day
- 12.2
- Visits near death
- 98.7
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $5090
Process Quality Measures (HIS)
- Composite score
- 56.1
- Treatment preferences
- 95.1
- Beliefs & values
- 95.1
- Pain screening
- 87.8
- Pain assessment
- 100
- Dyspnea screening
- 92.7
- Dyspnea treatment
- 85
- Opioid bowel care
- 82.1
Utilization & Operations
- Visits in last days of life
- 80.7%
- Nurse care minutes / day
- 12.2
- Per-beneficiary spending
- $5090
- Avg daily census
- 3 patients
Patient Mix
- Cancer
- 43%
- Dementia
- Not reported
- Heart disease
- Not reported
- Respiratory
- Not reported
- Stroke
- Not reported
Data Sources
- CCN
- 141638
- CMS Region
- 5
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