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Richfield Health Center-Roanoke

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
Apr 22: A-May 22: A-Jun 22: A-Aug 22: B+Sep 22: B+Oct 22: BNov 22: BJan 23: BFeb 23: BMar 23: BApr 23: BJun 23: BJul 23: B+Aug 23: B+Sep 23: B+Oct 23: B+Nov 23: B+
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1047 Mecca Street,
Roanoke VA 24012

(540) 924-0100

69.22% estimated occupancy 1

Richfield Health Center-Roanoke is an average-sized non-profit facility in Roanoke, Virginia. It looks like this is a very good facility. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. Roanoke has quite a few other nursing homes, but it is unlikely you will need to check out too many others. This one looks like a first class option. This place is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care grade. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is often a meaningful measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

In addition, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Few nursing homes performed as well in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The third category we graded is long-term care. This facility was given an impressive long-term care score, with a grade of B+ in the area. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 75.20661 percent of its patients for pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next area we assessed is nursing. This facility was given an impressive nursing grade this year, with a grade of B-. Even though this isn't nearly as good as some of its other scores, this is nevertheless a respectable score for this area. Our nursing score is based on several factors, but the main consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is a very low figure. Finally, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percentage of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these metrics are measures of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Richfield Health Center-Roanoke Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 14.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 6.61% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 3.8% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 14.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 13.76% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 5.47% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 71.23% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 13.33% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 15.22% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 15.22% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 8.99% of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Richfield Health Center-Roanoke, 70.98% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Scores for Roanoke, VA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=495427