Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Camden, Arkansas. We gave this facility an overall grade of D. A score in this range typically suggests some red flags. If you are not happy with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Camden. The city has just three other nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
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Facility Inspections
While this place's overall score was not a highlight, it actually received a very good score in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
One of this nursing home's higher category scores came in the category of short-term care. This ended up being its second most favorable category. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is more often than not a fair assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The important question is whether this adversely affected quality of care. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
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Nurse Quality
We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. When calculating our nursing scores, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a low total compared with most nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we scored is long-term care, is this facility's least impressive area. We gave this facility a grade of D in this category. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinates 99.61539 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 36.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.93% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 99.44% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 7.98% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5.2% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 5.2% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center, 76.49% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Camden, AR
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Camden, Arkansas has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Ouachita Valley Dialysis0.93 miles away1114 Washington Nw Camden Arkansas 71701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (870) 837-1330