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Southfork River Therapy and Living

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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624 Hwy 62/412 West,
Salem AR 72576

(870) 895-3817

89.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Southfork River Therapy and Living is a senior living facility located in Salem, Arkansas, a city with a population of 3,868 people. This is a fine nursing home. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a respectable rating. In our view, this nursing home is a good fit for quite a few people. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades is available below.

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

Specialized Services

Nutritional Counseling

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility an A for our inspections rating. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.

Long-term Care Quality

An additional quality feature for this facility is that it was awarded an above average long-term care grade. Indeed, this proved to be its second best category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a B. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 74.5098 percent of its residents. This is a bit less than we were hoping for. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility's next best area was short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is often a fair assessment of a facility's rehabilitation. It does not appear that this nursing home provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.

Nurse Quality

The last area we rated is nursing. This nursing home was awarded a B- for the category. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours the nurses worked with patients, in calculating our rating in this category. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, our nursing scores also factor in some quality-focused metrics. We look at the percentage of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these data points are measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Southfork River Therapy and Living Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 2.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 10.2% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients who had falls which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 0.85% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 10.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 13.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 3.23% of Patients

This is the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could imply worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 81.54% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 10.36% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 10.69% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 10.69% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 5.47% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Southfork River Therapy and Living, 83.53% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with successful rehabilitation.