Hampshire Memorial Hospital
363 Sunrise Blvd, Romney WV 26757 · (304) 822-4561 · 100.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Hampshire Memorial Hospital is a small hospital-based facility located in Romney, West Virginia. We gave this nursing home an B+ overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. You could definitely do much worse than this place. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 30 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also performed well in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Few places fared this well in this area. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing score is mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. With 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the national average. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its residents sustaining falls which lead to major injury, this place performed as well as any facility in West Virginia. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given an impressive long-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that category with a score of B+. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. This nursing home also keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.27 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is short-term care. In this area, we awarded this nursing home an acceptable grade of B-. This actually is this nursing home's worst category. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is frequently a fair measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hampshire Memorial Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better