Heritage Hall-Rich Creek is a facility in Rich Creek, Virginia, a city with a total of 1,201 people. This proved to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. You could definitely do much worse than this facility. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Heritage Hall-Rich Creek
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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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
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
This facility received a strong overall grade as described above, but we especially want to point out its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this area. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection 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
Among the reasons we rated this nursing home so well is that it received a very impressive long-term care grade. Indeed, long-term care is its second most impressive category score. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of A. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 98.982185 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a life threatening ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. Our nursing score weighs a handful of factors, however, the primary one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is far below average. Finally, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded is short-term care. We gave it an F in this area, which is a poor score. You shouldn't simply rule out a facility because of a single poor grade though. Our short-term care scores are probably most meaningful for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we discovered that this nursing home provides fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of patients that were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.4 percent of its patients returning home.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Hall-Rich Creek Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 4.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who sustained a fall resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 1.09% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 18.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 23.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 0.82% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 98.57% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 13.49% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 15.95% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 15.95% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 21.17% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Hall-Rich Creek, 76.5% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Carilion Giles Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 7.37 miles away159 Hartley Way Pearisburg Virginia 24134Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 921-6000
- Princeton Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.78 miles away122 12th Street Princeton West Virginia 24740Government - Local(304) 487-7260
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma - Giles6.54 miles away1 Taylor Ave. Pearisburg Virginia 24134Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 921-3117
- Giles County Dialysis6.54 miles away377 Boxwood Ln Pearisburg Virginia 24134Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 921-1384
- Fmc - Mercer County15.18 miles away160 Springhaven Dr Princeton West Virginia 24740Dialysis Stations: 17 (304) 487-3866