With an address in Charlottesville, Virginia, Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of eight facilities in this city. Featuring an overall score of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. We found this nursing home to be better than the majority of the nursing homes in Charlottesville, which has a city grade of B. The best part of this facility's profile was is its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next section.
Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall score, we gave this facility an A for short-term care. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also performed well in inspections, which is based on its recent inspections. We gave it an A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Places that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Nursing scores are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Virginia in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a resident more often.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we scored was long-term care. We awarded this nursing home an acceptable score in this area, with a grade of B-. Even though this is not as high as a few of this nursing home's other scores, it is still not a major area of concern. In our long-term care grade, we look at the sheer volume of services offered by a facility, along with a series of quality data points. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated only 82.44275 percent of its patients against pneumonia. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.63% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 91.12% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.48% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.22% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.29 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.62 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Albemarle Health and Rehabilitation Center, 75.54% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Charlottesville, VA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Charlottesville, Virginia has 7 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- University of Virginia Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.46 miles away1215 Lee Street Charlottesville Virginia 22908Government - State(800) 251-3627
- Martha Jefferson HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.4 miles away500 Martha Jefferson Drive Charlottesville Virginia 22911Voluntary non-profit - Private(434) 654-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Virginia Hospital2.46 miles awayRenal Services 1416 University Ave 5th Floor Charlottesville Virginia 22908Dialysis Stations: 38 (434) 924-5959
- Davita - Charlottesville3.78 miles away1460 Pantops Mountain Pl Charlottesville Virginia 22911CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (434) 979-5997
- Charlottesville North Dialysis9.64 miles away1800 Timberwood Blvd Ste C Charlottesville Virginia 22911Dialysis Stations: 13 (434) 973-8555
- Uva Zion Crossroads Dialysis15.32 miles away75 Circle Pointe Dr Gordonsville Virginia 22942CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (434) 924-9009