Located in Alma, Arkansas, Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is the only option we were able to find there. This is a fine facility. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. Based on our ratings, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
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Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this place also earned top notch health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best scores in this category, with an A. Inspection grades are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded impressive grades in the area of long-term care as well. Consequently, we awarded it one of our most dominant scores in that category with a score of A-. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 90.55118 percent of its residents. This is slightly lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received an impressive short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area with a grade of B+. Short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last area we analyzed is nursing, is this facility's least impressive category. We gave this facility a D in this category. This was one of the couple of dings in an otherwise strong profile. Nursing grades are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. With just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this place's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Unfortunately, this place also didn't perform as well as we had hoped in some of the quality measures we assessed in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 10.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 6.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.41% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 16.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 94.09% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.41% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.07% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 10.12% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 81.27% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sparks Medical Center - Van BurenAcute Care Hospitals 7.29 miles away211 Crawford Memorial Drive Van Buren Arkansas 72956Proprietary(479) 474-3401
- Mercy Hospital Fort SmithAcute Care Hospitals 11.7 miles away7301 Rogers Ave Fort Smith Arkansas 72903Voluntary non-profit - Private(479) 314-6000
- Baptist Health - Fort SmithAcute Care Hospitals 13.45 miles away1001 Towson Avenue Fort Smith Arkansas 72901Proprietary(479) 441-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Ft Smith Regional Dialysis Ctr16.76 miles away2201 Brooken Hill Dr Fort Smith Arkansas 72908CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 55 (479) 755-6700