Heritage Center is in Huntington, West Virginia. This city has a total of 74,975 people. This is a relatively poor facility, with an overall grade of D. This facility has very little working in its favor. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its strong inspection grade. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades
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Heritage Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- 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
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Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this place's overall performance, it actually received an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest category ended up being its long-term care grade, where it received a grade of C. Our long-term care grades are more meaningful for folks in need of more traditional assistance associated with activities of daily living. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 97.29207 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. This facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second least favorable score was short-term care, where it earned just a D in that category. This is a well below average grade. In determining our short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. With a grade of this caliber for this category, we were not surprised to learn this nursing home was well below average in multiple staffing areas we focus on. It supplied substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we assessed was nursing, is this facility's least impressive category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this category. There are numerous criteria within this grade. Most of the factors are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This facility fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Center, 9.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Center, 5.24% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Center, 3.42% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who experienced a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric may be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Center, 17.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Center, 24.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Center, 3.17% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Center, 93.89% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Center, 16.15% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Center, 18.95% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Center, 1.62 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Center, 18.95 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Center, 12.45 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Center, 73.25% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
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
- Fmc - Tri-State Dialysis1.1 miles away517 3rd Avenue Chesapeake Ohio 45619Dialysis Stations: 15 (740) 867-4471
- J Robert Pritchard Dialysis Center1.2 miles away1690 Medical Center Dr Huntington West Virginia 25701CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (304) 399-1290
- Fms Cabell Huntington Dialysis Centers, LLC1.25 miles away1500 17th Street Huntington West Virginia 25701Dialysis Stations: 4 (304) 525-8091
- Labette Dialysis LLC3.98 miles away367 County Road 406, Unit 11 South Point Ohio 45680Dialysis Stations: 9 (740) 894-0830
- Fmc - River Hills5.02 miles away5170 Us Rte 60 East Huntington West Virginia 25705CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (304) 733-0004
- Fmc - Central Ashland11.39 miles away424 River Hill Drive Ashland Kentucky 41101Dialysis Stations: 20 (606) 329-0363
- Fmc - Greenup11.43 miles away965 Townhill Plaza Greenup Kentucky 41144Dialysis Stations: 13 (606) 473-0410
- Fmc - Ashland11.5 miles away432 16th Street, Suite A Ashland Kentucky 41101Dialysis Stations: 18 (606) 325-5268