The Waters of Rogers

Although this place's overall score was not a highlight, it earned a decent grade in the area of short-term care. We gave it a C for that category. This propped up its overall score to an extent. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The final metric we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

This nursing home received a C for the category of inspections. This was certainly better than its other grades. Our inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility had 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This means it avoided the more significant categories of deficiencies. Finally, they also received 16 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is certainly not a great sign.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. When determining our nursing ratings, we analyze both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

The last category we graded is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a C for this area. Our long-term care grade is used to grade a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. It doesn't appear that this nursing home provided vaccination data. Lastly, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.