Grace Healthcare of Abingdon is an average-sized nursing home in Abingdon, Virginia. This facility received an overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Abingdon. The city has just one other nursing home. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category grades
Grace Healthcare of Abingdon
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
600 Walden Road,
Abingdon VA 24210
58.4% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
Although this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually received a very good grade in the area of inspections. We gave it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. Inspection ratings are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these reports. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a positive grade in our long-term care category. We awarded this nursing home a better than average grade of B in that category. For residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 31.872509 percent of its patients, which is slightly below what we were hoping for. This place was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.32 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. When determining our nursing scores, we factor in both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This place provided a meager 3.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to receiving below average scores for total nursing hours, this nursing home was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of residents suffering pressure ulcers and found that this nursing home was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric. This is a bad sign when you consider that so many bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, this statistic really dragged down this facility's nursing grade substantially.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final category, this facility really did not fare well in this category either. Due to a poor grade of F in short-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. Our short-term care scores are likely most critical for patients in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. As you might expect, we found that this place provides substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 34.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grace Healthcare of Abingdon Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 8.83% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which suffered from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 3.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 2.65% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 13.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 21.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 4.13% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 91.75% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 16.97% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 23.72% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 1.22 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 23.72 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 11.68 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Grace Healthcare of Abingdon, 75.36% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Johnston Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.85 miles away16000 Johnston Memorial Drive Abingdon Virginia 24211Voluntary non-profit - Private(276) 258-1000
- Russell County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.87 miles away58 Carroll Street Lebanon Virginia 24266Voluntary non-profit - Private(276) 883-8100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Abingdon1.21 miles away341 Falls Dr Abingdon Virginia 24210CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (276) 628-3380
- Bma - Russell County14.22 miles away150 E Main Street Lebanon Virginia 24266Dialysis Stations: 10 (276) 889-1712
- Fmc Bristol16.44 miles away2530 W. State St Bristol Tennessee 37620Dialysis Stations: 16 (423) 764-4044
- Fmc Mountain City18.94 miles away120 Pioneer Village Drive #15 Mountain City Tennessee 37683Dialysis Stations: 13 (423) 727-5676