Fredericksburg Nursing and Rehabilitation

While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it did receive a very good grade in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better grades. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid facilities with a list of deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. In spite of this deficiency, this nursing home still received a relatively positive inspection report.

One of this nursing home's more respectable category scores was in the category of long-term care. This proved to be its second best category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Our long-term care ratings are pivotal for patients requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. This nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. There are quite a few datapoints within this category. Many of the factors reflect staffing levels. This place offered just 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

The last area we looked at is short-term care, ended up being this nursing home's worst area. We gave this facility a D in that area. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. With a score this poor in this category, we were not shocked to find that this nursing home was below average in several staffing metrics we looked at. It provided significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.