Radford Health and Rehab Center is in Radford, Virginia, a city with a total of 23,138 people. With an overall score of A-, this nursing home is ranked among the higher-rated nursing homes we assessed. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Radford Health and Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home performed well in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Very few facilities fared this well in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its first-rate resume, this facility also was given an excellent short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is considered to be a meaningful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next category, we gave this facility a score of A- for our long-term care rating. This is a superb grade. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The final area we graded was nursing, in which this facility received a grade of B-. This ended up being this facility's least impressive category. This is still not a terrible score. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses are seeing residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This figure is far below average. Lastly, we look at quality-based statistics, such as the percent of residents who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are decent measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Radford Health and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 7.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 4.31% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents who have sustained a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 1.55% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 12.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 22.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 1.56% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 99.57% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 25.41% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 31.37% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 31.37% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 12.64% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Radford Health and Rehab Center, 64.31% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.39 miles away2900 Lamb Circle Christiansburg Virginia 24073Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 731-2000
- Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryAcute Care Hospitals 9.69 miles away3700 South Main Street Blacksburg Virginia 24060Proprietary(540) 951-1111
- Lewisgale Hospital PulaskiAcute Care Hospitals 11.32 miles away2400 Lee Highway Pulaski Virginia 24301Proprietary(540) 994-8100
- Carilion Giles Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.95 miles away159 Hartley Way Pearisburg Virginia 24134Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 921-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma - New River Valley1.2 miles away1200 Tyler Ave Stu. A Radford Virginia 24141Dialysis Stations: 15 (540) 731-0610
- Davita - Radford Dialysis1.45 miles away600 E Main St Suite F Radford Virginia 24141Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 639-9561
- Fmc - Montgomery10.44 miles away106 Southpark Dr Sw Ste A Blacksburg Virginia 24060Dialysis Stations: 15 (540) 951-1466
- Bma - Giles16.26 miles away1 Taylor Ave. Pearisburg Virginia 24134Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 921-3117
- Giles County Dialysis16.26 miles away377 Boxwood Ln Pearisburg Virginia 24134Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 921-1384