Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab
4623 Rogers Ave, Fort Smith AR 72903 · (479) 452-1541 · 56.24% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab is one of six facilities there. With an overall grade of B, we scored this nursing home as the highest rated nursing home in Fort Smith. An overall grade in this range is a strong indicator of a solid nursing home. Based on our analysis, this nursing home has quite a bit going for it. One of the highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive long-term care score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 157 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility received even higher grades in the area of long-term care. In fact, it earned one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to offering well above average levels of nursing care and other staffing, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This statistic is also significantly better than the vast majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be successful as this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 1.07 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a substantially lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on its recent inspections. We gave it an A for that area, which is one of our top grades. Inspection grades are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's government inspections. Places that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which was among the more impressive figures we found. Lastly, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it fared as well as any nursing home the state when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of D for short-term care, making this the facility's worst area. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this facility was subpar in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 44.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better