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River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center

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River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2021 by Nick Lata

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# 12 Hospital Drive,
Morrilton AR 72110

(501) 354-4647

41.93% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Data for River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center has not been updated recently. This page shows historical performance which may not be representitive of current service levels.

River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center is an average-sized facility located in Morrilton, Arkansas. This facility appears to be ranked among the higher-rated nursing homes we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires high-end scores across the board. We ranked this facility as one of the 25 best facilities in Arkansas. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

In addition to faring well overall, this facility earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in that area with an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Our nursing rating analyzes a handful of factors, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of moving patients more frequently.

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Long-term Care Quality

Turning to another strength for this facility, we gave them one of our better grades in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.32886 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

The last area we analyzed was short-term care. We gave this facility one of our better scores in that category, with a grade of B. Even though this is not as favorable as many of this facility's other scores, it is nevertheless a positive score. In calculating our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is more often than not a reliable assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 2.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 2.68% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who have experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 0.92% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percent of long-term care patients that had UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 2.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 5.69% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 15% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 97.92% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 10.17% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 9.92% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 9.92% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 14.08% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In River Chase Rehabilitation and Care Center, 92.38% of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Chi St Vincent MorriltonCritical Access Hospitals 0.2 miles away#4 Hospital Drive Morrilton Arkansas 72110Voluntary non-profit - Church(501) 977-2300
Conway Regional Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 15.91 miles away2302 College Avenue Conway Arkansas 72034Voluntary non-profit - Private(501) 329-3831

Nearby Dialysis

Davita College City Dialysis15.79 miles away2630 Donaghey Ave Conway Arkansas 72032Dialysis Stations: 20 (501) 504-2474
Davita - Conway Dialysis Ctr16.13 miles away2445 Christina Ln Suite A Conway Arkansas 72034CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (501) 328-2186
Fmcna - Faulkner County16.96 miles away201 Skyline Dr Ste 32 Conway Arkansas 72032Dialysis Stations: 10 (501) 329-7715