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Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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4623 Rogers Ave,
Fort Smith AR 72903

(479) 452-1541

51.97% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab is one of four facilities in this city. Featuring an overall score of C, this is a solid facility. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is long-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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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 Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Long-term Care Quality

We awarded this facility a grade of A- for our long-term care rating. This score is far more impressive than its overall grade. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.39229 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Facility Inspections

This nursing home's inspection rating exceeded its overall grade as well. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a B. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. 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 always a good sign.

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Nurse Quality

Turning to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing grade. We gave this facility an impressive grade of D. The nursing rating weighs many components, however, the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provided only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

This facility's least impressive category was short-term care, which is the last area we assessed. We gave it a lowly F in this area. Despite a few acceptable grades in other categories, this score is still alarming so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. Our short-term care grades are probably more important for those requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Based on its abysmal rating in this area, we weren't surprised to learn this place offers significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 9.68% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 4.5% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 2.03% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 3.89% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 24.48% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe that this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 95.45% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 17.31% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 9.91% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 9.91% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 13.44% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab, 69.09% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Fort Smith, AR

Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
Nurse Rating has a grade of C
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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Nearby Hospitals

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