Heritage Hall Wise is a senior living facility in Wise, Virginia, which has 10,791 people. This proved to be a respectable facility, with an overall grade of C. You can definitely do worse than this facility. The best part of this facility's profile was its exemplary inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Heritage Hall Wise
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- 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
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better scores in that category, with an A. This is a notably better score than the place's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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. Based on this, we still had a generally positive view of this facility's inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a positive score in our long-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B in that category. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.69512 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's next best score was short-term care. Nevertheless, with a D in this category, it still performed somewhat badly. In our short-term care rating, we try to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final metric we considered in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home. This was quite a bit below the national average.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's weakest category is nursing, which is the last category we assessed. For this area, we gave this facility a D. In determining our nursing grades, we assess both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. 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 in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Heritage Hall Wise Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Heritage Hall Wise, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Heritage Hall Wise, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Heritage Hall Wise, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who experienced a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Heritage Hall Wise, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Heritage Hall Wise, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Heritage Hall Wise, 3.63% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Heritage Hall Wise, 91.12% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Heritage Hall Wise, 16.48% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Heritage Hall Wise, 21.22% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Heritage Hall Wise, 1.29 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Heritage Hall Wise, 21.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Heritage Hall Wise, 11.62 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Heritage Hall Wise, 75.54% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
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- Lonesome Pine HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.68 miles away1990 Holton Avenue East Big Stone Gap Virginia 24219Voluntary non-profit - Private(276) 523-3111
- Dickenson Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.66 miles away312 Hospital Drive Clintwood Virginia 24228Voluntary non-profit - Private(276) 926-0300
- Whitesburg Arh HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.08 miles away240 Hospital Road Whitesburg Kentucky 41858Voluntary non-profit - Other(606) 633-3500
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