Arbor Lake Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation
1155 Sterlington Highway, Farmerville LA 71241 · (318) 368-3103 · 61.93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Farmerville, Louisiana, Arbor Lake Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation is one of just a couple available nursing homes in the city. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some solid scores. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 150 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. In fact, its inspection grade was far superior to its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave it an A+. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
An additional strength of this facility is its impressive grade in long-term care. We awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of A. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.83908 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 3.15 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this area, this figure can be skewed for some facilities due to some of the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing score. In fact, we gave this facility a grade of D. When determining our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility averaged a meager 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. In addition to receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this nursing home was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this statistic. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, this statistic dragged down this nursing home's nursing grade significantly.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is short-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this category, which is an abysmal grade. This is obviously a major concern. In the category of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. It looks like this place was subpar in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 30.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arbor Lake Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better