Kendal at Lexington
160 Kendal Drive, Lexington VA 24450 · (540) 463-1910 · 76.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Kendal at Lexington is one of just a couple available nursing homes in Lexington, Virginia. After receiving an A overall grade, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the 50 best nursing homes in Virginia. This is really as good of a facility as you'll find. One of the major highlights of this facility's remarkable report card is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to note that this facility excelled in our nursing category. We gave them an A+ in this category. We looked at the qualifications of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses spent with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This facility provided 5 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This was one of the higher totals we found. In addition, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics are impressive. On top of providing impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With less than 5 percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is usually an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be prevented by providing better nursing care and a protocol of turning residents more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received elite marks in the category of short-term care. As a result, it received one of our best scores in that category with a grade of A+. Our short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. This place provided more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility in this area with 58.4 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Facility Inspections
Continuing with its first-class performance, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection rating. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of C. Although this is its worst category score, this is still not a terrible score. Our long-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's volume of nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. On top of favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination statistics are favorable also. Indeed, it vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This combination proved to be effective as this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kendal at Lexington Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better