Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc.
501 W 10th, Danville, AR 72833 · Yell County · (479) 495-2914
105 certified beds, about 71 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 2013
Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
3 of 5
Health inspections
3 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 045454 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on September 18, 2025, inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the Arkansas average is 2.7, the national average 9.2).
None of its 11 health citations since April 2023 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.35 hours per resident per day, against 4.02 across Arkansas and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.37 of those hours.
44.4% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Arkansas average 49.5%).
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
504/23
205/24
409/25
Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 11 health citations on file.
Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
2D
8E
1F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
September 18, 2025Standard inspection · 4 citations
- E Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
Inspectors wroteBased on patient trust fund account review and interviews, the facility failed to provide separate accounting of interest to ensure 18 residents with trust fund accounts in the pooled account received all interest earned.
- E Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Inspectors wroteBased on Patient Trust Fund account review and interviews, the facility failed to establish and maintain a system based on generally accepted accounting principles to ensure full and complete accounting of each resident's personal funds entrusted to the facility on the resident's behalf and failed to provide an accounting of the transactions for the quarter in writing, to the resident or the resident's representative, within 30 days after the end of the quarter. This failed practice affected all 18 residents with trust fund accounts in the pooled account.
- E Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews, the facility failed to notify residents who received Medicaid benefits and/or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), when their account balances had reached the $2,000.00 allowed resource limit that could cause the resident to lose their eligibility for Medicaid or SSI. This affected 18 residents who had deposited their money in the Trust Fund account with the facility.
- E Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, interview, and the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) manual the facility failed to ensure oxygen was coded on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for two (Resident #5 and Resident #6) of eight residents reviewed to ensure accurate care planning, quality of life and reimbursement.
May 31, 2024Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 2 citations
- E Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interviews, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure over the counter medications were not expired for medication storage.
- E Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure staff washed their hands after resident care, and between feeding residents.
April 28, 2023Standard inspection · 5 citations
- F Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure meal trays were served in a manner to prevent cross contamination, food was obtained from approved vendors, food was used or discarded prior to use by date, and contaminated biohazard bags were disposed of properly. This failed practice had the ability to effect 78 residents who received meals from 1 of 1 kitchen according to a list provided by the Administrator on 04/27/23 at 4:00 PM.
- E Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to post oxygen signs, change out weekly oxygen tubing, humidifier bottle and failed to store Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) mask and tubing in a manner that would prevent cross contamination. This failed practice had the potential to affect 6 (Resident #13, #16, #26, #33, #38, #280) of 7 (#13, #16, #26, #33, #38, #130 and #280) sampled residents who had orders for Oxygen/CPAP according to a list provided by the Director of Nursing (DON) on 04/28/23 at 11:50 AM.
- E Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure medications were administered with an error rate of less than 5% [percent] for 2 (Residents #36 and #63) of 24 (#4, #5, #16, #26, #28, #31, #32, #33, #36 ,#37, #38, #40, #44, #45, #47, #51, #57, #62, #63, #64, #67, #74, #130, #280) sampled residents for who received medication. This failed practice had the potential to affect 28 residents who received medications from the 400 Hall medication cart and 24 from the 100 Hall medication cart on a list provided by the Administrator on 04/27/23 at 3:00PM.
- D Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that a resident's representative was provided with a notice of discharge and a copy of the notice was sent to the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman. This failed practice affected one sampled Resident (#76) who was discharged to another healthcare facility.
- D PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, and interview, the facility failed to refer 1 (Resident #37) of 6 (#28, #33, #37, #57, #63, #130) sampled residents who were identified with a Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability to the appropriate state-designated authority for Level II Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASARR) evaluation and determination. This failed practice had the potential to affect 14 residents in the facility who had a diagnosis of Mental Illness, or Intellectual Disability as documented on a list provided by the Director of Nursing (DON) on 04/26/23 at 3:00 PM.
Fire safety inspections
1 fire safety citation on file: 1 on May 31, 2024.
Every fire safety citation1 citation
- F Implement emergency and standby power systems.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Arkansas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 4.35 | 4.02 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.77 | 3.45 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 3.14 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.84 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 44.4% | 49.5% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | not reported | 44.8% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 3.28 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 4.58 on weekdays and 3.77 on weekends, 18% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 4.7% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.51 in April to June 2025 to 4.35 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 4.35 | 0.37 | 4.58 | 3.77 | 4.7% | 0 of 90 | 71 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 2.96 | 0.28 | 3.15 | 2.47 | 4.1% | 0 of 92 | 74 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 3.24 | 0.26 | 3.48 | 2.61 | 4.9% | 0 of 92 | 71 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 3.51 | 0.23 | 3.84 | 2.69 | 0.0% | 19 of 91 | 70 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Arkansas, Jan to Mar 2026 | 4.05 | 0.40 | 4.28 | 3.47 | 2.0% | 0.1% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Arkansas | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 13.4 | 9.5 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 19.6 | 10.9 | 15.4 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 22.5 | 24.1 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 7.2 | 12.5 | 12.0 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: MITCHELLS NURSING HOME INC.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert D Mitchell Trust | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 100% | 03/21/2007 |
| Mitchell, Robert | 5% or greater indirect ownership interest | Individual | 100% | 03/21/2007 |
| Dewitt, Carole | W-2 managing employee | Individual | 11/22/2016 | |
| Keith, Amber | W-2 managing employee | Individual | 07/01/2013 | |
| Mitchell, Katherine | W-2 managing employee | Individual | 07/01/2013 | |
| Smith, Summer | W-2 managing employee | Individual | 11/22/2016 | |
| Dewitt, Carole | Corporate officer | Individual | 11/22/2016 | |
| Mitchell, Katherine | Corporate officer | Individual | 01/03/2011 | |
| Mitchell, Robert | Corporate officer | Individual | 03/21/2007 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on September 18, 2025: "Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs."
- When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on September 18, 2025: "Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment."
- How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on May 31, 2024: "Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs."
- What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on May 31, 2024: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
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Arkansas contacts for a concern about a nursing home
These are the official offices in Arkansas. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.
- Resident advocate: Arkansas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
Common questions
- What is Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc.'s Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc. 3 out of 5 stars overall, with 3 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc. get at its last inspection?
- 4 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on September 18, 2025. The Arkansas average is 2.7.
- Has Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc. been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc. accept Medicaid?
- It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
- Who owns Mitchell's Nursing Home, Inc.?
- CMS lists 9 owners and managers. Legal business name: MITCHELLS NURSING HOME INC.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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