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Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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1404 North 28th Street,
Van Buren AR 72956

(479) 474-8021

68.99% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Van Buren, Arkansas, Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is one of just a few facilities in the city. This is a decent facility with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Van Buren. Based on our ratings, there are certainly much worse nursing homes out there. We were also pleased to discover that this nursing home was consistent in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this area with a grade of A-. Our inspection ratings are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this facility's more impressive category scores came in the category of long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a B. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing grade focuses on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. 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 place fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Our last category is short-term care, in which we gave this facility a C in this area. Our short-term care grades are probably most critical for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. It does not look like this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 10.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.28% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.4% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 27.88% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 29.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could be a sign lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 98.7% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 10.49% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 9.03% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 9.03% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15.09% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Van Buren Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 89.34% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Sparks Medical Center - Van BurenAcute Care Hospitals 1.6 miles away211 Crawford Memorial Drive Van Buren Arkansas 72956Proprietary(479) 474-3401
  • Mercy Hospital Fort SmithAcute Care Hospitals 7.13 miles away7301 Rogers Ave Fort Smith Arkansas 72903Voluntary non-profit - Private(479) 314-6000
  • Baptist Health - Fort SmithAcute Care Hospitals 7.73 miles away1001 Towson Avenue Fort Smith Arkansas 72901Proprietary(479) 441-4000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Ft Smith Regional Dialysis Ctr11.82 miles away2201 Brooken Hill Dr Fort Smith Arkansas 72908CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 55 (479) 755-6700

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=045268