Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Gretna, Virginia. With an B+ overall grade, we rated this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This place also received very consistent ratings in all four of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well overall, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's quality category scores came in the category of long-term care. We awarded them one of our more positive grades in that area, with a grade of B+. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 97.41379 percent of its patients, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It performed more favorably than most facilities in this area. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation In order to have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
The final area we graded is nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a B. This facility ended up being relatively strong across the board. The nursing score weighs a host of data points. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a patient even once per day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for a variety of conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.63% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents showing depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 91.12% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 16.48% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.22% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.29 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.62 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gretna Health and Rehabilitation Center, 75.54% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Chatham Dialysis11.18 miles away13912 Us Hwy 29 Chatham Virginia 24531Dialysis Stations: 17 (434) 432-1790
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