Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock is a facility located in Little Rock, Arkansas, which has a population of 214,454 people. This is a relatively poor facility, with an overall grade of D. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Little Rock. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a B+ for our inspections category. This grade is far better than the facility's overall score. Our inspection grades are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes with severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a solid grade in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's personal care instead of the highly skilled therapy or healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 97.333336 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. This place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing score consists of a handful of subcategories, many of which are based on nursing hours. This place averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is short-term care. This nursing home was given a very poor grade of F in that area. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly, we learned that this facility provides significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 10.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 3% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who have had falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 1.4% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who have suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 17.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 17.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 98.06% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 13.03% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 12.78% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 12.78% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 13.68% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation at West Little Rock, 92.87% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Little Rock, AR
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- 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 C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Little Rock, Arkansas has 13 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLCAcute Care Hospitals 2.43 miles away1701 S Shackleford Road Little Rock Arkansas 72211Proprietary(501) 219-7000
- Arkansas Surgical HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4 miles away5201 North Shore Drive North Little Rock Arkansas 72118Proprietary(501) 748-8000
- Bridgeway Inc, ThePsychiatric 4.63 miles away21 Bridgeway Road Maumelle Arkansas 72113Proprietary(501) 771-1500
- Uams Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.17 miles away4301 West Markham Street Mail Slot 612 Little Rock Arkansas 72205Government - State(501) 686-5000
- Arkansas Children's HospitalChildrens 6.92 miles away1 Children's Way, Slot 301 Little Rock Arkansas 72202Voluntary non-profit - Private(501) 364-1100
- Baptist Health Medical Center North Little RockAcute Care Hospitals 10.84 miles away3333 Springhill Drive North Little Rock Arkansas 72117Voluntary non-profit - Private(501) 202-3000
- St Vincent Medical Center/NorthAcute Care Hospitals 11.81 miles away2215 Wildwood Avenue Sherwood Arkansas 72120Voluntary non-profit - Church(501) 552-7100
- Saline Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.06 miles away#1 Medical Park Drive Benton Arkansas 72015Proprietary(501) 776-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Arkansas Staff Assisted Hemodialysis Clinic2.13 miles away9421 West Markham Suite B Little Rock Arkansas 72205Dialysis Stations: 4 (501) 217-3888
- Fmcna - Little Rock Dialysis2.48 miles away10310 W Markham Ste 100 Little Rock Arkansas 72205CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (501) 225-3890
- Davita - Little Rock Midtown Dialysis2.5 miles away#2 Lile Ct Ste 102 Little Rock Arkansas 72205CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (501) 221-3123
- Westside Dialysis Unit LLC2.98 miles away1515 Kanis Park Dr Little Rock Arkansas 72204Dialysis Stations: 16 (501) 379-9208
- Dci - Little Rock Renal Services LLC3.2 miles away1910 John Barrow Rd Little Rock Arkansas 72204Dialysis Stations: 18 (501) 227-0983
- Davita - Little Rock Dialysis3.62 miles away6 Freeway Drive Suite 100 Little Rock Arkansas 72204CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (501) 664-6754
- Fmcna - East Little Rock4.79 miles away5320 West 12th St Little Rock Arkansas 72204CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (501) 660-7867
- Arkansas Childrens Hospital-Dialysis6.78 miles away1 Childrens Way-Slot 204 Little Rock Arkansas 72202Dialysis Stations: 7 (501) 364-1813