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 facility received high grades in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Our nursing grade is largely based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics 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.

Turning to the third category, this nursing home also earned a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Turning to the fourth area, this facility was given an acceptable short-term care score. Even though this is not quite as elite as many of its other category grades, this is really not a poor grade. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. We were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.