With an address in Ashdown, Arkansas, Little River Nursing & Rehab is the lone facility we were able to find there. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. You could certainly do much worse than this place. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.
Little River Nursing & Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: B-plus
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
This facility is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this area. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 97.72727 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: B
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-minus
The next area we looked at was short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B-. Even though this proved to be its weakest category grade, this is nevertheless not a bad grade. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more critical for residents requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Little River Nursing & Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: C
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 8.4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B-plus
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 4.03% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: F
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 2.26% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 12.36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: D
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 21.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 2.24% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-plus
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 95.33% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 12.13% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: D
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 10.57% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: F
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 1.97 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 10.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: D
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 13.36 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: A-plus
In Little River Nursing & Rehab, 78.15% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Little River Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.4 miles away451 West Locke Street Ashdown Arkansas 71822Voluntary non-profit - Private(870) 898-5011
- Christus St Michael Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 13.73 miles away2600 St Michael Dr Texarkana Texas 75504Voluntary non-profit - Church(903) 614-1000
- Wadley Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.33 miles away1000 Pine Street Texarkana Texas 75501Physician(903) 798-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Texarkana Regional Dialysis13.23 miles away5502 Medical Parkway Dr. Texarkana Texas 75503CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (903) 832-9771
- Vamana, Inc16.58 miles away422 Beech St Texarkana Arkansas 71854Dialysis Stations: 11 (870) 773-1111
- Davita - Miller County Dialysis17.57 miles away816 East St Texarkana Arkansas 71854CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (870) 772-2756
