Harbor's Edge

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Assisted Living
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Harbor's Edge's website

One Colley Avenue,
Norfolk VA 23510

(757) 233-0475

78.18% estimated occupancy ¹

Harbor's Edge is a small non-profit facility in Norfolk, Virginia. With an overall grade of A, this nursing home is among the most impressive facilities we looked at. We flat out can't say enough great things about this facility. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's remarkable report card is its nursing rating. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
No Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Virginia Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Virginia Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Virginia Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

We also want to note that this facility excelled in our nursing score. We gave them an A+ in this area. Our nursing grade assesses quite a few factors, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

This top notch nursing home also performed well in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

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Facility Inspections

Tallying another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received an impressive grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.

Long-term Care Quality

The last category we rated was long-term care. This nursing home received an above average long-term care score in our assessment, with a grade of B-. While this was not quite as strong as a few of its other category grades, this remains a decent rating in this area. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 91.111115 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we expected but still a decent percentage. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Harbor's Edge Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Harbor's Edge, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Harbor's Edge, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Harbor's Edge, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. However, this metric could also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Harbor's Edge, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Harbor's Edge, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Harbor's Edge, 3.63% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Harbor's Edge, 91.12% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Harbor's Edge, 16.48% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Harbor's Edge, 21.22% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some would argue that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Harbor's Edge, 21.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Harbor's Edge, 11.62 Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Harbor's Edge, 75.54% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.