Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility is a small government-owned nursing home located in Sells, Arizona. With an overall score of B, this nursing home is a very good option. In our view, this facility looks like a good fit for quite a few people. Fortunately, this place didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Grade: B
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - Federal
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: B-plus
To pair with its strong overall grade, this facility earned a grade of B+ for its inspections rating. This is a well above average score in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem 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.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
This facility received a strong long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better scores in that area with a score of B+. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a dangerous health condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not take any chances. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B
The third area we assessed was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded a very positive short-term care score, with a B in this category. Short-term care grades are generally employed to measure a facility's rehabilitation services In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. We were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Grade: C
The last category we rated was nursing. For that category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. The nursing score weighs several subcategories, however, the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided just 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is significantly below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: D
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 8.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: D
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 2.2% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A-minus
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.68% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 11.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A+
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.1% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 80.03% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 12.44% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 20.97% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.3 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: D
In Archie Hendricks Senior Skilled Nursing Facility, 20.97 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
