Bland County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
12185 Grapefield Road, Bastian VA 24314 · (276) 688-4141 · 87.89% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Bland County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Bastian, Virginia, which has 1,560 people. Featuring an overall rating of B, this is a good facility. This facility definitely has plenty of good features. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 57 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that area, with a grade of A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite minor. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Only a select group of facilities performed better in this area. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 92.696625 percent of its patients, which is a bit less than we anticipated. The last statistic we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this facility had 4.52 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as favorable as most of its other scores in this category, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities due to some of the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable short-term care grades this year. Indeed, we gave them one of our higher scores in that category, with a grade of B. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is definitely a great sign. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to return home. This place was above average with 51.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our fourth area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D in our nursing category. This is the nursing home's worst category grade. Naturally, this grade hurt the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. When calculating our nursing scores, we analyze both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. Despite its poor nursing grade, this facility provided an average of 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Approximately one quarter of this care came from registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these figures are higher than average, so clearly quantity of care was not its problem. Finally, we turn to some quality-focused statistics in rounding out our nursing ratings. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bland County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better