Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation's website

955 Division Street,
Malvern AR 72104

(501) 332-6934

55.18% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Malvern, Arkansas, Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation is one of only three available nursing homes in the city. This isn't a bad nursing home with a C overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Malvern. Based on our ratings, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong nursing rating, 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 - Limited Liability company
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Aquatic Therapy

Nurse Quality

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received a much better grade for nursing than it received overall. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. We analyzed the licensure of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses were with patients, in determining our grade in this area. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also was given a positive grade in our short-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in that area. In our short-term care category, we try to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

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Long-term Care Quality

This facility's third most favorable area turned out to be its long-term care grade, where it was given a B-. Our long-term care grades are more meaningful for folks needing more traditional assistance related to activities of daily living. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

The last category we assessed is inspections. This nursing home did not receive favorable government inspections in recent years. In fact, we gave it an F in this category. This pulled down this nursing home's overall grade significantly. When a place has this poor of an inspection grade, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. This particular nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they created a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we also want to point out that this nursing home was assessed large government fines recently of more than $100,000. This typically means that a poor track record has been an issue for multiple years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 8.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 2.3% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 12.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for treating a variety of conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 21.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 2.07% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 95.87% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 11.98% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 12.63% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Happy Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation, 12.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.

Nearby Hospitals

Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Springs CountyAcute Care Hospitals 2.05 miles away1001 Schneider Drive Malvern Arkansas 72104Voluntary non-profit - Private(501) 332-1000
National Park Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.54 miles away1910 Malvern Avenue Hot Springs Arkansas 71901Proprietary(501) 321-1000
Chi St. Vincent Hospital Hot SpringsAcute Care Hospitals 15.59 miles away300 Werner Street Hot Springs Arkansas 71903Voluntary non-profit - Church(501) 622-1000
Levi HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.51 miles away300 Prospect Ave Hot Springs Arkansas 71901Voluntary non-profit - Private(501) 624-1281
Saline Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.95 miles away#1 Medical Park Drive Benton Arkansas 72015Proprietary(501) 776-6000

Nearby Dialysis

Davita - Malvern Dialysis1.27 miles away1590 Tanner Rd Malvern Arkansas 72104Dialysis Stations: 26 (501) 332-3000
Davita - Ouachita Dialysis14.67 miles away1900 Malvern Ave Ste 102 Hot Springs Arkansas 71901Dialysis Stations: 24 (501) 624-0196
Davita - Hot Springs Dialysis15.54 miles away115 Wrights St Ste A Hot Springs Arkansas 71913CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (501) 624-0153
Davita - Saline County Dialysis18.41 miles awayGround Level-1200 N Main Ste 2 Benton Arkansas 72015Dialysis Stations: 12 (501) 776-1816
Fmcna - Benton19.96 miles away2101 Congo Rd Benton Arkansas 72015Dialysis Stations: 16 (501) 776-1418