St Michael's Place
1311 North Pecan St, Newport AR 72112 · (870) 523-9514 · 53.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
St Michael's Place is a large nursing home located in Newport, Arkansas. This nursing home received a rock bottom overall score based on the data we looked at. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Newport. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is long-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 130 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B for our long-term care rating. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. After we finished assessing the amount of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 75.1004 percent of its residents for pneumonia. The last datapoint we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. We found that this place had 5.87 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this category, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes based on the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home really excelled in our nursing category, where it earned an C. Few places fared better in this area. In determining a facility's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses are seeing patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also factored in some quality-based metrics. This facility performed well in a few of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place beat the national average.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to draw your attention to this nursing home's inspection grades where it received an F. This generally means we found some red flags on the inspection reports. When a facility has this poor of an inspection score, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This nursing home was assessed one category J through K deficiency, which rank among the worst deficiencies. Finally, this facility also received 2 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed was short-term care. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is a poor score. In the category of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home offers far less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average nursing home. The last metric we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 30.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Michael's Place Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients who suffered falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this statistic may be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better