Lakewood Healthcare
260 Lakepark Drive, Hot Springs AR 71901 · (501) 262-1920 · 74.37% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Lakewood Healthcare is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade of this caliber requires some respectable scores. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. The best part of this facility's profile was its exemplary inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent health inspection reports in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Another strength of this nursing home is its elite score in long-term care. We awarded them one of our most impressive scores in that category, with a grade of A-. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.2 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. The nursing rating assesses several components, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This place provides 4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is better than average. In calculating our nursing scores, we apply more weight to hours performed by more highly skilled nurses such as registered nurses. Lastly, we also considered quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility was above average in several of the major areas we focus on, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, we gave this facility a D for short-term care. This was the nursing home's worst category score. Sadly, this grade hurt the facility's overall profile a bit. Short-term care grades are typically used to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. In this place's case, it looks like it offered less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakewood Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better