Lonoke Healthcare and Rehabilitation Facility
1501 Lincoln Street, Lonoke AR 72086 · (501) 676-2600 · 88.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Lonoke Healthcare and Rehabilitation Facility is a facility located in Lonoke, Arkansas. This city has a total of 10,727 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some solid scores. Based on our assessment, this place likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this place's report card was its stellar inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with an A. This is a much better score than the facility's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Inspection grades are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded an impressive score in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in that area. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. After considering the impressive nursing hours and other staffing provided by this nursing home, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.9 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this area, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Nurse Quality
Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing rating. In calculating our nursing scores, we weigh both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This place provides an incredible 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is much more care than what is provided by most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. It performed as well as any nursing home Arkansas when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is short-term care, proved to be this facility's worst area. We gave this nursing home a D in that category. This is one of the few dings of a strong report card. Short-term care grades are typically employed to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 31.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lonoke Healthcare and Rehabilitation Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better