Heritage Hall Front Royal is a small nursing home located in Front Royal, Virginia. With an overall grade of B, this nursing home is a great option. You could certainly do much worse than this facility. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Heritage Hall Front Royal
- Nursing Home
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- 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
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Colostomy Care
- Lymphedema Care
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong nursing home overall, this facility especially excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. This facility was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate 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 performed well in the category of long-term care. As a result, we gave it a grade of A- for that area, which turns out to be one of our most impressive grades. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents 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.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next most favorable area was its short-term care grade, where it received a B-. In our short-term care score, we try to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our last category, we awarded this facility a grade of D in the area of nursing. This was the nursing home's weakest category grade. Of course, this category pulled down the facility's overall grade to a certain degree. The nursing rating considers many data points. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this place's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This facility performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these data points to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Hall Front Royal Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 2.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 3.03% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients who had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 2.53% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 12.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 10.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 1.89% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 96.67% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 15.65% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Many argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 20.57% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 20.57% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 12.8% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 74.15% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Warren Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.36 miles away1000 North Shenandoah Ave Front Royal Virginia 22630Voluntary non-profit - Other(703) 636-0300
- Winchester Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.02 miles away1840 Amherst St Winchester Virginia 22601Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 536-8000
- Shenandoah Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.08 miles away759 South Main Street Woodstock Virginia 22664Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 459-1100
Nearby Dialysis
- Front Royal Dialysis1.11 miles away1360 N Shenandoah Ave Front Royal Virginia 22630CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (540) 622-2413
- Winchester Dialysis14.81 miles away2301 Valor Dr Winchester Virginia 22601CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (540) 667-0227
- Bio-Medical Applications of Virginia Inc15.41 miles away38 W. Jubal Early Drive Winchester Virginia 22601Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 535-2254
- Rutherford Crossing Dialysis19.43 miles away141 Market Street Winchester Virginia 22603Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 665-5169