General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott is a senior living facility located in Piggott, Arkansas. This city has 5,127 people. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack rating. At the end of the day, this facility ought to be a solid choice for most people. Finally, we wanted to make sure you are aware that there was an ownership change at this facility in the last 12 months. We will follow their performance over the next year to determine whether any adjustments to their grades are necessary.
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General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
One of this nursing home's more respectable category grades was in the area of long-term care. This wound up being its second most favorable category. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our long-term care grade is used to gauge a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. One of the factors we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Another strength of this nursing home is its favorable grade in nursing. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an impressive grade of D. The nursing score features several factors. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This place offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing scores. This place fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is short-term care, which turned out to be a weak link for this nursing home. We gave this facility a grade of D for the area of short-term care. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to forge a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Considering its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to discover that this facility is well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. Frankly, this was about what we expected here. Finally, we considered the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 23.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 8.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents which sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 5.83% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 27.21% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 35.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 0% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents showing depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 100% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 23.01% 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 General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 13.22% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 13.22% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 13.31% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In General Baptist Nursing Home of Piggott, 67.69% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Piggott Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.57 miles away216 East Main Street Piggott Arkansas 72454Government - Local(870) 598-3881
Nearby Dialysis
- Hope Again Dialysis Center13.27 miles away1207 State Rte v V Kennett Missouri 63857Dialysis Stations: 16 (573) 888-0222
- Renal Care Group - Kennett13.45 miles away715 Teaco Rd Kennett Missouri 63857Dialysis Stations: 15 (573) 888-1036