Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock is one of five nursing homes located in North Little Rock, Arkansas. This is a quality nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average grade. This proved to be better than many of the nursing homes in North Little Rock. Scroll down to see this facility's category grades, which are also quite good. It's hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock
- Nursing Home
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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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Nurse Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A for our nursing grade. The nursing score analyzes many subcategories, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving residents even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also received favorable long-term care scores this year. In fact, we gave them one of our better grades in that category, with a score of B+. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 85.51137 percent of its patients. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned favorable government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with a B. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to resident safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we scored is short-term care, in which this nursing home received a grade of B. This facility proved to be relatively strong across the board. Our short-term care grade is often employed to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 8.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 2.3% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that have suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 12.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 21.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 2.07% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 95.87% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 11.98% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 12.63% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Arkansas State Veterans Home at North Little Rock, 12.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Scores for North Little Rock, AR
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? North Little Rock, Arkansas has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Arkansas Children's HospitalChildrens 2.62 miles away1 Children's Way, Slot 301 Little Rock Arkansas 72202Voluntary non-profit - Private(501) 364-1100
- Uams Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.7 miles away4301 West Markham Street Mail Slot 612 Little Rock Arkansas 72205Government - State(501) 686-5000
- Arkansas Surgical HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.58 miles away5201 North Shore Drive North Little Rock Arkansas 72118Proprietary(501) 748-8000
- Baptist Health Medical Center North Little RockAcute Care Hospitals 4.06 miles away3333 Springhill Drive North Little Rock Arkansas 72117Voluntary non-profit - Private(501) 202-3000
- Bridgeway Inc, ThePsychiatric 4.65 miles away21 Bridgeway Road Maumelle Arkansas 72113Proprietary(501) 771-1500
- St Vincent Medical Center/NorthAcute Care Hospitals 5.24 miles away2215 Wildwood Avenue Sherwood Arkansas 72120Voluntary non-profit - Church(501) 552-7100
- Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLCAcute Care Hospitals 6.64 miles away1701 S Shackleford Road Little Rock Arkansas 72211Proprietary(501) 219-7000
- North Metro Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.36 miles away1400 Braden Street Jacksonville Arkansas 72076Proprietary(501) 985-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Arkansas Childrens Hospital-Dialysis3.13 miles away1 Childrens Way-Slot 204 Little Rock Arkansas 72202Dialysis Stations: 7 (501) 364-1813
- Fmcna - East Little Rock3.68 miles away5320 West 12th St Little Rock Arkansas 72204CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (501) 660-7867
- Davita - North Little Rock Dialysis Ctr4.03 miles away4505 E Mccain Blvd North Little Rock Arkansas 72117CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (501) 945-2323
- Davita - Little Rock Dialysis4.61 miles away6 Freeway Drive Suite 100 Little Rock Arkansas 72204CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (501) 664-6754
- Fmcna - Little Rock Dialysis4.85 miles away10310 W Markham Ste 100 Little Rock Arkansas 72205CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (501) 225-3890
- Arkansas Staff Assisted Hemodialysis Clinic5.46 miles away9421 West Markham Suite B Little Rock Arkansas 72205Dialysis Stations: 4 (501) 217-3888
- Davita - Little Rock Midtown Dialysis5.59 miles away#2 Lile Ct Ste 102 Little Rock Arkansas 72205CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (501) 221-3123
- Westside Dialysis Unit LLC5.6 miles away1515 Kanis Park Dr Little Rock Arkansas 72204Dialysis Stations: 16 (501) 379-9208