Crestpark Forrest City

On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.

This nursing home received a strong long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category with a score of B+. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we consider the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Our next area is short-term care, in which we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this area. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.