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Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

  • Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center's website

401 Heather Lane,
Alma AR 72921

(479) 632-4343

83.5% estimated occupancy 1

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 gave it an overall grade of B, which is a very solid score. Based on our ratings, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any weak links in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility really fared well in our long-term care category, where it earned a grade of A. Few facilities fared better in this area. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 89.11917 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that area with an A. Few facilities with an overall grade in this range performed this well in multiple categories. Inspection grades are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspections. Places that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility was awarded its next best category score in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a C in this area, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Short-term care grades are important for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means a wide scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. It does not appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

Our next category is nursing, where we gave this facility a C in this category. Our nursing grade consists of a handful of factors, but the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.46% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.98% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.34% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents which experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 12.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.09% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 95.41% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 12.37% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more 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

Grade: D

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 14.1% Percentage of Residents

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

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 14.1 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 12.92 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 77.59% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with superior 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

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=045370