Hiram W Davis Medical Center is an average-sized government-owned nursing home in Petersburg, Virginia. This nursing home is an A rated facility, which is one of the most impressive scores that we offer. We were not surprised to discover that this proved to be substantially better than most of the nursing homes in Petersburg. One of the best aspects of this facility's remarkable report card is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next section.
Hiram W Davis Medical Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - State
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. We scrutinized the levels of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with residents, in determining our grade in this area. This particular nursing home provided 1.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
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Short-term Care Quality
Building on its first-rate resume, this facility also received a strong short-term care grade, with a score of A-. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is often a fair assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility was awarded a B-. This turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. This is still not a bad grade. In crafting these long-term care scores, we look at the facility's personal care services. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 39.130436 percent of its residents. This is multiple points less than what we expected. Nevertheless, this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hiram W Davis Medical Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hiram W Davis Medical Center, 3.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who have had 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.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hiram W Davis Medical Center, 13.53% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for treating several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hiram W Davis Medical Center, 20.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hiram W Davis Medical Center, 3.59% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hiram W Davis Medical Center, 91.36% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hiram W Davis Medical Center, 16.53% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Hiram W Davis Medical Center, 1.23 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Scores for Petersburg, VA
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Petersburg, Virginia has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Southside Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.23 miles away200 Medical Park Boulevard Petersburg Virginia 23805Proprietary(804) 765-5000
- John Randolph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.69 miles away411 West Randolph Road Hopewell Virginia 23860Proprietary(804) 541-1600
Nearby Dialysis
- Usrc Colonial Heights LLC3.3 miles away1617 Boulevard Suites B & C Colonial Heights Virginia 23834CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (804) 520-1627
- Us Renal Care Petersburg Dialysis3.67 miles away1964 S Crater Road Petersburg Virginia 23805Dialysis Stations: 13 (804) 733-3847
- Liberty Dialysis Petersburg5.02 miles away3400 S Crater Rd Petersburg Virginia 23805CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (804) 732-8228
- Appomattox Dialysis Center5.11 miles away20 Medical Park Blvd Petersburg Virginia 23805CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (804) 861-0967
- Total Renal Care - Hopewell10.62 miles away301 West Broadway Hopewell Virginia 23860Dialysis Stations: 16 (804) 452-2494
- Davita Chester Dialysis11.03 miles away10360 Ironbridge Rd Chester Virginia 23831CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (804) 768-6770
- Hopkins Road Dialysis15.61 miles away5750 Hopkins Road Richmond Virginia 23234Dialysis Stations: 17 (804) 275-8631
- Fresenius Kidney Care Richmond South15.75 miles away5802 Jefferson Davis Hwy Richmond Virginia 23234Dialysis Stations: 13 (804) 271-4718