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Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's website

2216 West Main Street,
Des Arc AR 72040

(870) 256-4194

56.53% estimated occupancy ¹

Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Des Arc, Arkansas. This facility was given an overall grade of B, which is favorable score. At the end of the day, this place looks like a good fit for most people. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

One of the reasons this ended up being a strong nursing home is that it earned a very impressive inspection rating. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category. In that area, we awarded it an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

Short-term Care Quality

Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also earned a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is generally a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

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Nurse Quality

Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. The nursing rating analyzes quite a few factors, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Switching gears to the last area, this facility was awarded a B- in long-term care, which we consider to be a decent rating. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's personal care rather than the highly skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated just 81.34715 percent of its patients for pneumonia. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.3% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that have suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.07% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 95.87% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.98% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.63% Percentage of Residents

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

Hospitalizations

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.62 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.