Heritage Hall Tazewell is a large facility in Tazewell, Virginia. Featuring an overall grade of D, this is a relatively poor facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Tazewell. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Heritage Hall Tazewell
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 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 - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for that area, which is one of our best scores. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid facilities with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Despite this deficiency, this was still a relatively positive inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The second highest category we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a C. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's personal care instead of the skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. After we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinated 99.22481 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing score analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This facility offered a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This facility fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final category, this facility didn't fare very well here either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in short-term care, this is really as terrible as it gets. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This score is generally a useful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Based on its poor rating in this area, we were not shocked to discover this nursing home offers significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Hall Tazewell Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 16.4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 3.1% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 11.97% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 26.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 0.62% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 96.98% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 23.51% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 26.26% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 26.26% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 26.38% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Hall Tazewell, 65.76% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Bluefield Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.03 miles away500 Cherry St Bluefield West Virginia 24701Proprietary(304) 327-1100
- Clinch Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.19 miles away6801 Governor Gc Perry Highway Richlands Virginia 24641Proprietary(276) 596-6000
- Smyth County Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.92 miles away245 Medical Park Drive Marion Virginia 24354Voluntary non-profit - Private(276) 378-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Two Virginias17.13 miles away1113 Bluefield Ave Bluefield West Virginia 24701Dialysis Stations: 21 (304) 324-0816
- Monahans Dialysis LLC19.42 miles away1587 N Main St Marion Virginia 24354Dialysis Stations: 13 (276) 781-0461