Chambers Nursing Home Center is an average-sized facility in Carlisle, Arkansas. This is a relatively poor facility, with an overall grade of D. This place has very little working in its favor. The only positive thing we can say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
Chambers Nursing Home Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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Facility Inspections
While we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively solid government inspections in recent years. We gave it a respectable grade of B in this category, which is much better than its overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second best area is long-term care. We gave it a C in this category. This is essentially a slightly below average grade in this category. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facilities next most favorable category is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack grade in this category. Our short-term care scores are probably more meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
The last category we rated was nursing, turned out to be this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that area. Our nursing rating includes several components, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This particular place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This statistic is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these metrics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chambers Nursing Home Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 8.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced falls leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 2.3% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 12.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 21.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 2.07% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 95.87% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 11.98% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 12.63% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Some would argue that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 1.81 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 Chambers Nursing Home Center, 12.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 12.62 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Chambers Nursing Home Center, 77.48% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.