Fredericksburg Health and Rehab is a senior living facility located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a city with a population of 156,008 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of D. A grade in this range generally suggests some concerning datapoints. Unfortunately, this grade isn't too far off the city grade for Fredericksburg, which is a C. Nevertheless, you still may be able to do better If you aren't deterred by this facility's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Fredericksburg Health and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we were not complementary of this place's overall performance, it did receive an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that area with a grade of B+. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second highest category was its long-term care grade, where it received a B-. Long-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of nursing services. This includes a vast range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.55073 percent of its patients. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility's next best score is short-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed somewhat badly. Short-term care grades are generally used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Based on its grade in this area, we were not surprised to find that this place is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we assessed was nursing, which is a low point for this nursing home. We gave this facility a grade of just D for nursing. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in determining our rating in this area. This particular facility averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This statistic is significantly below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This place fared well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these statistics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fredericksburg Health and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percent of long-term patients who sustained a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 3.63% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Many argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 91.12% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 16.48% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 21.22% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 1.29 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 21.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 11.62 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Fredericksburg Health and Rehab, 75.54% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Fredericksburg, VA
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Fredericksburg, Virginia has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Mary Washington Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 2.79 miles away1001 Sam Perry Boulevard Fredericksburg Virginia 22401Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 741-1100
- Spotsylvania Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.21 miles away4600 Spotsylvania Parkway Fredericksburg Virginia 22408Proprietary(540) 498-4000
- Stafford Hospital, LLCAcute Care Hospitals 10.74 miles away101 Hospital Center Boulevard Stafford Virginia 22554Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 741-9000
Nearby Dialysis
- Park Hill Dialysis2.52 miles away1151 Hospital Dr Fredericksburg Virginia 22401Dialysis Stations: 21 (540) 373-2470
- Fredericksburg Dialysis Center2.92 miles away230 Executive Center Pky Fredericksburg Virginia 22401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (540) 371-9531
- Fmc - Jackson Square3.06 miles away4505 Carr Drive Fredericksburg Virginia 22408Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 898-3930
- Fmc - Spotsylvania3.29 miles away10718 Ballantraye Dr Ste 406 Fredericksburg Virginia 22407CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (540) 834-2320
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Falls Run4.63 miles away127 Lichfield Blvd Fredericksburg Virginia 22406Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 361-4592
- Lee's Hill Dialysis5.08 miles away4701 Spotsylvania Parkway Suite 401 Fredericksburg Virginia 22407Dialysis Stations: 15 (540) 898-8004
- Bio-Medical Applications of Virginia, Inc.13.84 miles away4122 Partnership Way Locust Grove Virginia 22508Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 972-2174
- Bma - Garrisonville13.84 miles away479 Garrisonville Rd Stafford Virginia 22554Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 720-1225