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Pioneer Therapy and Living

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1506 East Main Street,
Melbourne AR 72556

(870) 368-4377

86.9% estimated occupancy ¹

Pioneer Therapy and Living is located in Melbourne, Arkansas. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this is likely a solid facility. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its decent overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. This is far more impressive than its overall grade. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. A deficiency-free inspection report is what we like to see.

Long-term Care Quality

Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category scores was in the area of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 99.00662 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. Our nursing rating is largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this statistic.

Short-term Care Quality

The last category we rated is short-term care. We gave it an F for this area, which is a poor grade. This is clearly a significant disappointment. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We found that this place was subpar in many staffing areas we focus on. In fact, it supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Pioneer Therapy and Living Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 7.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 1.32% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 1.8% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 12.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 17.01% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 1.43% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 99.5% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 8.53% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 5.97% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 5.97% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 4.69% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Pioneer Therapy and Living, 91.47% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

Izard County Medical Center, LLCCritical Access Hospitals 14.65 miles away61 Grasse Street Calico Rock Arkansas 72519Proprietary(870) 297-2400
Stone County Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.04 miles away2106 East Main Street Mountain View Arkansas 72560Voluntary non-profit - Private(870) 269-4361