Woodbriar Nursing Home
204 Catherine St, Harrisburg AR 72432 · (870) 578-2483 · 86.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Woodbriar Nursing Home is located in Harrisburg, Arkansas. This nursing home proved to be a solid facility, with an overall grade of B-. Based on our analysis, there are certainly far worse places out there. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this place earned a much better grade for long-term care than it received overall. In fact, we gave it one of our best scores in that category with an impressive grade of A. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After looking at the very impressive nursing hours provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. The last datapoint we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 4.46 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as strong as some of its other scores in this area, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes based on some of the medical complexity of patients.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. It received one of our highest grades in that area with an A-. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. Our nursing rating includes many subcategories, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the higher totals we found. Lastly, we also assessed a few nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is usually a fairly accurate measure of quality nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's weakest category is short-term care, which is the final area we analyzed. It received an F for this area. In spite of multiple respectable grades in other categories, this grade is nevertheless disappointing so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. In our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. It appears that this place was subpar in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. The last item we looked at in this category is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 37.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Woodbriar Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better