Gosnell Health and Rehab

Gosnell Health and Rehab is a small nursing home in Blytheville, Arkansas. With an overall grade of B+, this nursing home ended up being one of the 50 best nursing homes in Arkansas. Based on our ratings, you could do much worse than this facility. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Very few nursing homes fared this well in this category. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We weren't able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this nursing home's other strengths is its first-rate long-term care grade. We gave them one of our best grades in that area, with a score of A-. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. This nursing home fared well enough in these measures to earn a quality score in this area.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home 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.

The last area we scored is short-term care, in which this nursing home was given a B-. Although this wound up being its lowest category rating, this is still not a major area of concern. In the category of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.