Autumn Care of Suffolk is in Suffolk, Virginia. This nursing home was given an F, which is really a bottom of the barrel score in our grading scheme. This facility does not seem to have any redeeming qualities. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Autumn Care of Suffolk
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Autumn Care of Suffolk has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. We believe that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Long-term Care Quality
Incredibly, we gave this nursing home a C for its long-term care rating, which really isn't a bad grade. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. One of the factors we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to just 73.968254 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. Our nursing score looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This place performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is short-term care. This facility received a very poor grade of F in this area. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is often a meaningful measure of the facility's rehabilitation. With its grade in this category, we were not stunned to find that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Autumn Care of Suffolk Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 8.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall which resulted in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 2.25% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 15.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 19.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 5.07% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 88.92% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 17.15% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 18.14% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 1.38 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 18.14 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 12.25 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Autumn Care of Suffolk, 74.96% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sentara Obici HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.01 miles away2800 Godwin Boulevard Suffolk Virginia 23439Voluntary non-profit - Other(757) 934-4000
- Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.73 miles away3636 High Street Portsmouth Virginia 23707Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 398-2200
- Nmc PortsmouthAcute Care - Department of Defense 17.16 miles away620 John Paul Jones Circle Portsmouth Virginia 23708Department of Defense(757) 953-5008
- Sentara Norfolk General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.59 miles away600 Gresham Dr Norfolk Virginia 23507Voluntary non-profit - Other(757) 388-3000
- Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters IncChildrens 17.82 miles away601 Children's Lane Norfolk Virginia 23507Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 668-9647
- Southampton Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.36 miles away100 Fairview Drive - PO Box 817 Franklin Virginia 23851Proprietary(757) 569-6100
- Chesapeake General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.46 miles away736 Battlefield Blvd, North Chesapeake Virginia 23320Government - Hospital District or Authority(757) 312-8121
- Bon Secours Depaul Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.94 miles away150 Kingsley Lane Norfolk Virginia 23505Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 889-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Artificial Kidney Center - Suffolk1.36 miles away1005 Commercial Lane Suite 100 Suffolk Virginia 23434Dialysis Stations: 28 (757) 934-0009
- Deowee Dialysis1.4 miles away3009 Corporate Lane Ste. 130 Suffolk Virginia 23434Dialysis Stations: 13 (757) 539-0618
- Total Renal Care - Harbor View Dialysis11.5 miles away1039 Champions Way Bldg H Ste 500 Suffolk Virginia 23435Dialysis Stations: 24 (757) 484-2814
- Fresenius Kidney Care North Suffolk11.88 miles away5140 River Club Dr. Ste 100 Suffolk Virginia 23435Dialysis Stations: 17 (757) 483-2462
- Rai - Airline-Portsmouth 725312.97 miles away3080 Airline Blvd Portsmouth Virginia 23701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (757) 488-3590
- Rai - Churchland-Chesapeake13.29 miles away5846 Churchland Blvd Portsmouth Virginia 23703CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (757) 686-5770
- Rai - South Church-Smithfield13.71 miles away1812-C S Church St Smithfield Virginia 23430Dialysis Stations: 15 (757) 365-4293
- Davita - Greater Portsmouth14.99 miles awayDialysis Unit 3516 Queen St Portsmouth Virginia 23707CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (757) 397-2806