Autumn Care of Chesapeake is one of four facilities located in Chesapeake, Virginia. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade of this caliber requires some solid marks. Based on our assessment, this place likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Autumn Care of Chesapeake
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection grade. Its inspection score was far better than its overall grade. In the inspections category, we gave it a grade of A-. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a great long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it one of our highest grades in this area with a grade of A-. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.70414 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Clearly, this nursing home 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 an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's second lowest score is short-term care, where it earned a grade of just D in that area. This is a well below average score. In crafting these short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. We found that this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the data we assessed. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we assessed was nursing, which ended up being this nursing home's weakest area. It received an F for this category, which is clearly concerning. Nursing scores are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home averaged just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This place performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Autumn Care of Chesapeake Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who have pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients that are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 3.63% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 91.12% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 16.48% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 21.22% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 1.29 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 21.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 11.62 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Autumn Care of Chesapeake, 75.54% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Chesapeake, VA
- Overall Rating has a grade of D
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Chesapeake, Virginia has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Chesapeake General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.39 miles away736 Battlefield Blvd, North Chesapeake Virginia 23320Government - Hospital District or Authority(757) 312-8121
- Sentara Leigh HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.66 miles away830 Kempsville Road Norfolk Virginia 23502Voluntary non-profit - Other(757) 261-6700
- Nmc PortsmouthAcute Care - Department of Defense 8.98 miles away620 John Paul Jones Circle Portsmouth Virginia 23708Department of Defense(757) 953-5008
- Sentara Norfolk General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.9 miles away600 Gresham Dr Norfolk Virginia 23507Voluntary non-profit - Other(757) 388-3000
- Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters IncChildrens 9.91 miles away601 Children's Lane Norfolk Virginia 23507Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 668-9647
- Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.3 miles away3636 High Street Portsmouth Virginia 23707Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 398-2200
- Bon Secours Depaul Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.69 miles away150 Kingsley Lane Norfolk Virginia 23505Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 889-5000
- Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.99 miles away1060 First Colonial Road Virginia Beach Virginia 23454Voluntary non-profit - Other(757) 395-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Chesapeake Kidney Center2.35 miles away111 Medical Pkwy Ste 100 Chesapeake Virginia 23320CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (757) 549-1069
- Davita Great Bridge Dialysis Center2.36 miles away745 North Battlefield Blvd Chesapeake Virginia 23320CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (757) 312-8346
- Davita Kempsville Dialysis2.76 miles away1920 Centerville Turnpike Suite 122 Virginia Beach Virginia 23464Dialysis Stations: 17 (757) 502-0360
- Total Renal Care - Chesapeake3.38 miles away1400 Crossways Blvd Crossway Ii Ste 106 Chesapeake Virginia 23320CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (757) 523-0666
- Dominion Dialysis Center3.95 miles away910 Great Bridge Blvd Ste 101 Chesapeake Virginia 23320CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (757) 549-3813
- Fresenius Kidney Care Indian River5.61 miles away4303 Indian River Road Suite 26 Chesapeake Virginia 23325Dialysis Stations: 17 (757) 361-0193
- Fmc - Virginia Beach7.11 miles away525 S Independence Blvd Ste 150 Virginia Beach Virginia 23452CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (757) 687-7902
- Princess Anne Dialysis7.22 miles away3973 Holland Rd Virginia Beach Virginia 23452CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (757) 340-3526