Hickory Heights Health and Rehab is an average-sized facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. We awarded this nursing home an overall rating of B-, which is a middle of the pack score. Even though a score in this range is not our highest grade, it is actually one of the five highest rated facilities in the city. Even with Little Rock featuring 14 other nursing homes available, this nursing home should be a perfectly acceptable selection. This place is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Hickory Heights Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility's overall score was bolstered by the fact that it has earned favorable health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in this category, with a B+. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. There are several subcategories included in this area. Many of these subcategories relate to staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its next most favorable category score in the area of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this category, which is an acceptable grade. Our long-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's volume of nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth area, this facility was given an acceptable short-term care grade of C. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hickory Heights Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 8.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 2.3% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percentage of long-term patients who had urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 12.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 21.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 2.07% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 95.87% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 11.98% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 12.63% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 1.81 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 12.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 12.62 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, 77.48% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Little Rock, AR
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
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