Johnson County Health and Rehab

Johnson County Health and Rehab is in Clarksville, Arkansas, a city with 14,896 people. With an overall grade of B+, this facility ended up being one of the top 50 nursing homes in Arkansas. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a good fit for quite a few people. This place was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility a grade of A for our long-term care rating. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the impressive level of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the facility's vaccination data. By way of example, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. This combination proved to be effective as this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.16 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a significantly better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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.

This nursing home's third highest area is its short-term care score, where it was awarded a B-. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility and found that this nursing home performed better here. In fact, this nursing home performed better than most nursing homes in the nation in this area with 51.1 percent of its patients returning home.

The final category we analyzed was nursing, where this facility was awarded a B-. This actually was this nursing home's worst area. This is still not a poor grade. The nursing score analyzes a handful of factors, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This facility offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 4.3 hours per patient per day. This is well above average. Lastly, we also factored some quality measures into our nursing grades. Specifically, we looked at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.