Resident Health Quality » Arkansas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Used in Quality Measure Five Star Rating - Long Stay Residents [1]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened 0.0 35.7 28.2 17.9
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers 7.0 18.2 6.7 10.1
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.3
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased 3.6 23.5 30.3 16.0
Percentage of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 8.6 6.7 3.8 5.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder 1.4 0.0 0.9 0.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication 17.6 18.7 17.0 17.5

Used in Quality Measure Five Star Rating - Short Stay Residents [2]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function * 66.8 * 47.5
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication 0.0 3.3 3.4 2.5
Percentage of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain 30.0 14.3 9.3 16.2

Additional Quality Measures - Long Stay Residents [1]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication 30.9 21.7 20.2 23.2
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 99.1 99.1 99.1 99.1
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight 6.5 5.5 2.2 3.9
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 100.0 100.0 96.1 98.7
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder 21.2 30.4 32.7 29.7
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.9
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Additional Quality Measures - Short Stay Residents [2]

Q1 Q2 Q3 Avg
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 97.8 97.8 97.8 97.8
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 95.8 96.8 97.0 96.9
  1. * Not Available - The number of residents is too small to report.  Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Nursing homes regularly collect assessment information on all their residents using a form called the Minimum Data Set. The information collected includes the residents' health, physical functioning, mental status, and general well being. Nursing homes self-report this information to Medicare.

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References

  1. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/Data/Long-Stay-Residents.html
  2. http://www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/Data/Short-Stay-Residents.html