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Heritage Hall - Brookneal

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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633 Cook Avenue,
Brookneal VA 24528

(434) 376-3740

87.5% estimated occupancy 1

Heritage Hall - Brookneal is a facility in Brookneal, Virginia. The city has a population of 3,200 people. With an overall rating of B-, this looks like a respectable facility. This facility seems to have some things going for it. The best part of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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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
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Another one of this facility's more favorable category grades came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B+. It actually performed better than most nursing homes in this area. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing grade. We gave this facility a score of D. Nursing ratings are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This facility performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Switching gears to our next area, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in short-term care. This was the facility's worst category score. Sadly, this score hurt the nursing home's overall profile to a certain degree. In forming our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final item we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics was damning for this nursing home's short-term care grade.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Heritage Hall - Brookneal Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 6.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 2.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 1.11% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 11.34% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. 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

Grade: A

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 9.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 11.46% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 100% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 18.23% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 15.47% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 15.47% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 13.94% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Heritage Hall - Brookneal, 69.28% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.