August Healthcare at Richmond

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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1503 Michael Road,
Henrico VA 23229

(804) 288-6245

75.93% estimated occupancy ¹

August Healthcare at Richmond is a small nursing home located in Henrico, Virginia. We gave this nursing home a superb overall rating of A-. Consequently, it outpaced the average nursing home in Henrico by a sizable margin. Based on the data we reviewed, you can't go wrong here. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card is its nursing grade. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation

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Nurse Quality

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an impressive nursing score. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of A. Our nursing rating considers many subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Virginia in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a resident even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home also was awarded a high-end long-term care grade. This actually is this facility's second strongest category score. In that category, this facility received a grade of A. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 98.57143 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

Additionally, this nursing home also received favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded it one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a score of B+. Short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Turning to the last category we assessed, this nursing home received a decent grade in inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a B for that category. This nursing home didn't have any major weaknesses. Our inspection ratings are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

August Healthcare at Richmond Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In August Healthcare at Richmond, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In August Healthcare at Richmond, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In August Healthcare at Richmond, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients which have had urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In August Healthcare at Richmond, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In August Healthcare at Richmond, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In August Healthcare at Richmond, 3.63% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In August Healthcare at Richmond, 91.12% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In August Healthcare at Richmond, 16.48% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a resident's health.