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
Heritage Hall Front Royal
- Nursing Home
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Colostomy Care
- Lymphedema Care
Registered Staff Hours
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 also was given a favorable long-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this category. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an impressive short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average grade of B in this category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. It doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Our final area is nursing, where we awarded this facility a grade of C in that category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this subcategory. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a patient more frequently.
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, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of long-term patients who experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients which are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 3.63% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Hall Front Royal, 91.12% 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, 16.48% Percentage 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, 21.22% Percentage 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, 1.29 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, 21.22 Percentage 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, 11.62 Percentage 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, 75.54% Percentage 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