Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Virginia Beach, Virginia which has a total of 437,994 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is an elite rating. This is just about as good of a nursing home as you'll find. As you will find below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
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Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned a very impressive short-term care grade. This proved to be its best category. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. In crafting these short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. We were not able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Turning to inspections, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's government inspections. We awarded it an A- for that category. Our inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Building on its high-end assessment, this facility also was awarded a strong long-term care grade, with a grade of A-. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a life or death health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded is nursing, where this facility was given a grade of B+. This wrapped up a first-rate profile. Few nursing homes received a B+ or higher in all four categories. The nursing score considers many data points. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 8.52% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 1.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents that experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 6.16% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. More frequent bathing minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 14.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 7.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.34% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 98.81% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 6.04% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 3.66% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.5 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 3.66% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 8.12% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Berger-Goldrich Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 73.48% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Virginia Beach, VA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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