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Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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105 Landmark Drive,
Stuart VA 24171

(276) 694-7161

77.21% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in Stuart, Virginia, Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection is the only nursing home we found in this city. Featuring an overall score of C, this appears to be a middle of the pack nursing home. You could certainly do worse than this facility. This nursing home did not meet our expectations in every category we looked at, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. More information about these categories is available below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Bariatric Care
Optometry
Oncology Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Lymphedema Care

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's next best category turned out to be its long-term care score, where it was awarded a grade of B-. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 89.73306 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, 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

The next area we graded is short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of C. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is often a fair measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. The last metric we assessed in this category is the number of patients who returned home from the facility. We found that just 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

Nurse Quality

Turning to our last category, we awarded this nursing home a D for our nursing category. This was the facility's worst category score. The nursing grade features a host of factors. The most important variable is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This number is quite a bit below the national average. To go along with its below average totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this facility had bad scores in several of the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. For starters, we looked at the percent of residents sustaining falls which led to serious injury. This place was at more than 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is alarming in light of the fact that so many falls could be avoided with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the nursing home's fate of receiving a poor nursing score.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 6.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 6.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 12.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 36.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 11.74% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 93.17% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 22.54% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 19.65% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 19.65% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 8.5% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Blue Ridge Nursing Therapy Connection, 61.73% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.