Hudson Memorial Nursing Home is an average-sized nursing home in El Dorado, Arkansas. With an overall grade of B+, this looks like a very good facility. We rated this facility as one of the 50 best nursing homes in Arkansas. If you scroll down, you can see this facility's category scores, which are also impressive.
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Hudson Memorial Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned an elite long-term care grade. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with an A. For patients looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 86.63793 percent of its patients. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. It received one of our best grades in that area with a score of A-. Few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range performed this well in multiple categories. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
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. When calculating our nursing grades, we analyze both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home received a B. This facility ended up being very solid in each category we looked at. In our short-term care assessment, we seek to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hudson Memorial Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 8.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 5.17% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have sustained falls which caused major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 4.02% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 23.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 12.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 0.45% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many believe this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 93.32% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 14.53% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 21.58% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 0.01 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 key to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hudson Memorial Nursing Home, 21.58% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Scores for El Dorado, AR
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? El Dorado, Arkansas has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Medical Center of South ArkansasAcute Care Hospitals 0.18 miles away700 West Grove Street El Dorado Arkansas 71730Proprietary(870) 863-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - South Arkansas Dialysis -El Dorado0.19 miles away620 W Grove St El Dorado Arkansas 71730CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (870) 862-8788