Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility
Hco 1 Box 9100, Sells AZ 85634 · (520) 585-5500 · 85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility is a small government-owned facility located in Sells, Arizona. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a lower end nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Sells. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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Government - Federal
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we wanted to note its decent health inspections in recent years. We awarded it a somewhat respectable grade of B- in that category. We believe that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating is mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per patient daily. At least one quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. This is a high ratio of skilled nursing care. We weight these hours heavily in determining our ratings. Finally, we also weighed some quality-based assessments. This facility fared well in a few of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility beat the national average. This is often an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a solid score in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. This nursing home is above the national average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse staffing provided to its residents. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that it fared well in this metric with 68.3 percent of its patients returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our next area, this facility was given an acceptable long-term care score of B-. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated 87.22222 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be quite a few points lower than average. Nevertheless, this nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.61 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better