Francis N Sanders Nursing Home is a senior living facility in Gloucester, Virginia, which has a population of 21,208 people. This facility is one of the most impressive nursing homes we assessed. It was given one of the best grades that we offer. We were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as one of the top 25 facilities in Virginia. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's exemplary profile is its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Francis N Sanders Nursing Home
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- Independent Living
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In determining our short-term care scores, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is often a meaningful assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A+. In calculating a facility's nursing grade, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for residents and the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area typically have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
In our final area, we gave this facility an A for our long-term care grade. This completed a first-rate report card. For residents in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 82.83582 percent of its patients against pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Francis N Sanders Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 5.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 2.24% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 0.76% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 13.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 10% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 4.58% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 90.74% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 8.47% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 18.93% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 18.93% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 19.14% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Francis N Sanders Nursing Home, 78.66% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Riverside Walter Reed HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.94 miles away7519 Hospital Road Gloucester Virginia 23061Voluntary non-profit - Private(804) 693-8800
- Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.15 miles away100 Sentara Circle Williamsburg Virginia 23188Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 984-6000
- Riverside Doctors' Hospital of WilliamsburgAcute Care Hospitals 13.89 miles away1500 Commonwealth Avenue Williamsburg Virginia 23185Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 345-3000
- Mary Immaculate HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.95 miles away2 Bernardine Drive Newport News Virginia 23602Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 886-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Rai - Medical Drive-Gloucester0.35 miles away6740 Main Street Gloucester Virginia 23061Dialysis Stations: 21 (804) 695-2904
- Rai - John Tyler Hwy-Williamsburg12.78 miles away6726 Mooretown Road Williamsburg Virginia 23188CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (757) 259-7429
- Davita Merrimac Trail Dialysis12.98 miles away469 Merrimac Trail Williamsburg Virginia 23185Dialysis Stations: 17 (757) 258-3601
- Williamsburg Dialysis13.14 miles away500 Sentara Cir Ste 103 Williamsburg Virginia 23188CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (757) 206-1408
- Davita-Two Rivers17.82 miles away100 Winters St Ste 12b West Point Virginia 23181Dialysis Stations: 13 (804) 843-2516
- Peninsula Dialysis Center18.85 miles away716 Denbigh Blvd Stes d1 & d2 Newport News Virginia 23608Dialysis Stations: 16 (757) 875-1125
- Fmc - Denbigh19.33 miles away555 Denbigh Blvd Newport News Virginia 23608Dialysis Stations: 16 (757) 898-9391
- Port Warwick Dialysis19.76 miles away445 Oriana Road Ste 18 Newport News Virginia 23608Dialysis Stations: 17 (757) 898-9212