Lake Hamilton Health and Rehab
120 Pittman Road, Hot Springs AR 71913 · (501) 767-7530 · 85.95% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Lake Hamilton Health and Rehab is a nursing home in Hot Springs, Arkansas, which has 72,927 people. We gave this nursing home a strong overall grade of B. In addition, this facility is a slightly superior option to most of the nursing homes in Hot Springs. This facility definitely has plenty working in its favor. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 84 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this place really excelled in our inspections category, where it received a grade of A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite insignificant. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's quality category scores came in the area of short-term care. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of B+. In forming these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this nursing home performed much more favorably. It outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation with 60 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Long-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed was long-term care. This facility was awarded a favorable long-term care grade, with a B+ in the area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 96.276596 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. The last datapoint we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.94 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this category, this figure may be skewed for some nursing homes based on some of the medical complexity of residents.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the final category, this nursing home was awarded a B- for nursing, which we consider to be an acceptable rating. In determining our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides an impressive 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is among the higher totals in Arkansas. Finally, our nursing ratings also weigh quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed better than average in this area. This is usually a good indicator of how carefully a nursing home's nursing staff is tending to its patients. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses and better safety protocols are in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lake Hamilton Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which had a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better