Bentley Healthcare is located in Texarkana, Arkansas. Sporting an overall rating of B-, this looks like a middle of the pack nursing home. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Texarkana. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its nursing rating. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
Bentley Healthcare
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Part of the reason this proved to be a decent nursing home is that it received a very favorable nursing rating. Its nursing grade ended up being its best category. In this category, we awarded this facility a B+. Our nursing grade is based on numerous datapoints. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we also would like to point out that this facility was awarded favorable short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our more impressive grades in this category, with a grade of B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second best score. In our short-term care rating, we seek to forge a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. We were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Facility Inspections
We also found that this nursing home has earned favorable inspections in recent years. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is better than many facilities in this category. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Our next category is long-term care, in which we gave this facility a B- in this category. In the area of long-term care, we weigh the quantity of care offered by a facility, rather than more healthcare-oriented services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility gave the vaccine to 99.39759 percent of its residents, which is a very solid datapoint. This nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bentley Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bentley Healthcare, 8.46% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bentley Healthcare, 3.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bentley Healthcare, 2.34% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bentley Healthcare, 12.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bentley Healthcare, 21.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bentley Healthcare, 2.09% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bentley Healthcare, 95.41% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bentley Healthcare, 12.37% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bentley Healthcare, 14.1% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Bentley Healthcare, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bentley Healthcare, 14.1 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bentley Healthcare, 12.92 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wadley Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.21 miles away1000 Pine Street Texarkana Texas 75501Physician(903) 798-8000
- Christus St Michael Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 2.54 miles away2600 St Michael Dr Texarkana Texas 75504Voluntary non-profit - Church(903) 614-1000
- Little River Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.75 miles away451 West Locke Street Ashdown Arkansas 71822Voluntary non-profit - Private(870) 898-5011
Nearby Dialysis
- Vamana, Inc2.12 miles away422 Beech St Texarkana Arkansas 71854Dialysis Stations: 11 (870) 773-1111
- Texarkana Regional Dialysis2.21 miles away5502 Medical Parkway Dr. Texarkana Texas 75503CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (903) 832-9771
- Davita - Miller County Dialysis3.02 miles away816 East St Texarkana Arkansas 71854CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (870) 772-2756