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. 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.
Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong facility overall, this place especially excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Not many facilities performed better in that area. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes performed more favorably in this area. For patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 87.5 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit below what we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed was short-term care. This facility received an above average short-term care score, with a B in this area. Short-term care scores are critical for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our fourth category, this nursing home was given a respectable nursing grade. While this was not as dominant as several of its other category grades, this is still not a poor grade. In determining our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. 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 nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.
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, 8.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffer from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered falls which resulted in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.3% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term care residents that suffered from UTI's. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 12.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.07% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 95.87% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.98% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 12.63% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 12.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 12.62 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Alma Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 77.48% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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