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Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center

  • Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center's website

402 S Arkansas Avenue,
Dierks AR 71833

(870) 286-3100

82.14% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Dierks, Arkansas, Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is the sole option we were able to find in the area. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack rating. Based on our ratings, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Occupational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its nearly flawless inspection reports in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. This is really what you like to see in this important metric.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this nursing home's stronger areas was in the category of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Nursing ratings are largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of 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

Grade: C

The third area we assessed was long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a decent grade of C. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to our final category, we gave this nursing home a D for our short-term care category. This was the facility's worst category score. Naturally, this score hurt the nursing home's overall grade to a certain degree. Our short-term care ratings are arguably most critical for those in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. In this place's case, we found that it provided less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics sunk this facility's short-term care score.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 8.46% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 3.98% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely linked to poor nursing care. More supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 2.34% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 12.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 21.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 2.09% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 95.41% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 12.37% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 14.1% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 1.79 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 14.1 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 12.92 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Dierks Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 77.59% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Howard Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 13.75 miles away130 Medical Circle Nashville Arkansas 71852Voluntary non-profit - Private(870) 845-4400

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=045346