Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility located in Ash Flat, Arkansas. Sporting an overall score of B-, this appears to be a middle of the road facility. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received an impressive short-term care grade. In fact, we gave them a grade of B in this area, which happens to be one of our better. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Our nursing rating analyzes a handful of subcategories, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls can be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed is long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this category. For patients looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinates 99.061035 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that had falls which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.43% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.51% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 16.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.33% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 99.53% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 9% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.88% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.88% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 16.27% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 92.77% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Fulton County HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.4 miles away679 North Main Street Salem Arkansas 72576Voluntary non-profit - Other(870) 895-2691