Francis N Sanders Nursing Home
7385 Walker Ave, Gloucester VA 23061 · (804) 693-2000 · 85.27% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Francis N Sanders Nursing Home is a small non-profit nursing home located in Gloucester, Virginia. This nursing home was given a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a subpar score. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Gloucester. The city has just one other nursing home. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we would like to point out its decent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it a relatively respectable score of B- in this area. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility an B-. Our nursing score consists of many subcategories, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. Based on the data, it looks like this place provides an impressive 4.8 hours per resident daily. This is more nursing care than most facilities provide. In computing our grades, we apply more weight to hours performed by more highly trained nurses such as registered or licensed nurses. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. This place performed admirably in this subcategory.
Short-term Care Quality
The next best area we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a B-. In computing our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is more often than not a solid measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. This nursing home is above average in terms of its quantity of both physical therapy and registered nurse staffing provided to its patients. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. In addition to performing well in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it also performed well in this area with 62.8 percent of its patients returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in that area. This is not a bad grade in this area. Our long-term care grade assesses a facility's personal care rather than the skilled therapy or healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home vaccinated 99.06542 percent of its residents, which is an above average percentage. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.47 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Francis N Sanders Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better