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Heritage Hall Lexington

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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205 Houston Street,
Lexington VA 24450

(540) 464-8181

91.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Heritage Hall Lexington is in Lexington, Virginia. Featuring an overall grade of B-, this is likely a decent nursing home. This nursing home seems to have a few things going for it. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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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
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area, with an A. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.

Short-term Care Quality

We also gave this nursing home a middle of the road grade in the area of short-term care, with a grade of B-. In our short-term care category, we attempt to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

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Nurse Quality

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. The nursing rating weighs several subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. 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, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.

Long-term Care Quality

The final category we rated is long-term care. We awarded this facility a C in this area. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Heritage Hall Lexington Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 4.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 1.54% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 0.54% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 12.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that are given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 17.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 2.15% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Higher levels of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 99.53% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 24.57% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 24.69% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 24.69% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 9.74% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Heritage Hall Lexington, 76.47% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

Carilion Stonewall Jackson HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.19 miles away1 Health Circle Lexington Virginia 24450Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 458-3503