Heritage Center is in Huntington, West Virginia. This city has a total of 74,975 people. We gave this nursing home an overall rating of F. This facility didn't have any redeeming qualities. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is long-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Heritage Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Note: Heritage Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This facility did not perform quite as poorly in long-term care. We awarded it a B- for that category. In forming these long-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility vaccinated 95.94321 percent of its residents, which is an above average total. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned a grade of C. Few facilities performed better in this area. Our nursing score analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a reliable indicator that a place has quality controls in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second least favorable score was short-term care, where it received a grade of just D in that category. This is a well below average score. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more important for folks needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Considering its grade in this category, we weren't stunned to learn that this nursing home is well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
In our last area of inspections, this nursing home received an F in this area. With facilities that received this poor of an inspection grade, we recommend scrutinizing any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This facility had 6 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Center, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Center, 4.6% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Center, 3.73% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Center, 16.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Center, 23.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Center, 4.48% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Center, 92.53% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Center, 16.2% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Center, 23.25% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Center, 1.47 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Center, 23.25 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Center, 13.15 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Center, 70.85% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Huntington, WV
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Huntington, West Virginia has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Cabell Huntington Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 1.1 miles away1340 Hal Greer Boulevard Huntington West Virginia 25701Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 526-2192
- St Mary's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.03 miles away2900 1st Avenue Huntington West Virginia 25702Voluntary non-profit - Church(304) 526-1234
- King's Daughters' Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.12 miles away2201 Lexington Avenue Ashland Kentucky 41101Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 408-4401
- Our Lady of Bellefonte HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.9 miles away1000 Saint Christopher Drive Ashland Kentucky 41101Voluntary non-profit - Private(606) 833-3600
Nearby Dialysis
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