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 nursing, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Heritage Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 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
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although we graded this facility extremely poorly overall, it received a somewhat respectable nursing rating this year. We gave it a B- in that category. Our nursing score is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures. Although this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this metric. This is typically a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a patient even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also stunned to find that this nursing home received a decent long-term care rating in our assessment. We gave it a B- in that area. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 92.70833 percent of its patients. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the area of short-term care, this facility was given just a D in this category. Our short-term care ratings are presumably more meaningful for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Facility Inspections
Moving on our last category of inspections, this nursing home received an F here. With places that received this bad of an inspection rating, we would scrutinize any severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This nursing home was hit with 6 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a threat to resident safety or health. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Center, 8.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Center, 4.41% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Center, 3.85% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Center, 16.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients that were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Center, 23.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Center, 4.5% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Center, 92.52% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Center, 16.82% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Center, 25.29% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Center, 1.32 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Center, 25.29 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Center, 11.91 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.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Center, 71.34% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Huntington, WV
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- 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
- 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
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- 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
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