Annandale Health & Community Services

Although we did not have many positive things to say about this facility's overall grade, it earned a respectable government inspection report this year. It received a decent score in that category with a B-. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down deficiency data for this nursing home. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility averages 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is not an impressive total. Finally, our nursing scores also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its patients.

The third category we assessed is short-term care, where this facility was awarded a B- in this area. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most meaningful for folks in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

The last area we assessed is long-term care. This nursing home was given a C for the category. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to only 88.77551 percent of its patients, which is not a very encouraging sign. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.