Heritage Hall Blackstone

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Heritage Hall Blackstone's website

900 S Main St,
Blackstone VA 23824

(434) 292-5301

75.83% estimated occupancy ¹

Heritage Hall Blackstone is the lone nursing home we identified in Blackstone, Virginia. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a good grade. You could certainly do worse than this facility. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent government inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home also received a favorable grade in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B+ in that category. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.82583 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a strong grade in our nursing category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we look at the quantity of hours nurses commit to residents as well as the level of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning residents even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

The next category we analyzed is short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is an abysmal score. This is certainly a major concern. In our short-term care score, we endeavor to create a fair measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, we discovered that this place provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.2 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Heritage Hall Blackstone Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often linked to poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 3.63% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Many would argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 91.12% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 16.48% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 21.22% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that retained mobility levels. Many believe that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 1.29 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 21.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 11.62 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Heritage Hall Blackstone, 75.54% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation.