Ashton Place Health and Rehab is in Barling, Arkansas. This city has 4,735 people. This facility appears to be one of the better facilities we looked at. A grade in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the United States. As you can find below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category grades. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Ashton Place Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our score in this category. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was short-term care. We gave this nursing home one of our better grades in that area, with a B. Even though this isn't as dominant as several of this nursing home's other scores, it is still a fine score. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. We weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ashton Place Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 4.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 3.48% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 0.6% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 0.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 15.2% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 99.71% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 8.92% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 9.17% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 9.17% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 9.7% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ashton Place Health and Rehab, 91.99% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Hospital Fort SmithAcute Care Hospitals 2.81 miles away7301 Rogers Ave Fort Smith Arkansas 72903Voluntary non-profit - Private(479) 314-6000
- Baptist Health - Fort SmithAcute Care Hospitals 6.83 miles away1001 Towson Avenue Fort Smith Arkansas 72901Proprietary(479) 441-4000
- Sparks Medical Center - Van BurenAcute Care Hospitals 7.46 miles away211 Crawford Memorial Drive Van Buren Arkansas 72956Proprietary(479) 474-3401
Nearby Dialysis
- Ft Smith Regional Dialysis Ctr5.88 miles away2201 Brooken Hill Dr Fort Smith Arkansas 72908CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 55 (479) 755-6700