Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center is located in Saint Albans, West Virginia. The city has 24,084 people. With an overall rating of C, this is likely a solid facility. Based on our assessment, there are certainly far worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
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Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's best category score came in nursing. In this category, we gave this nursing home a B+. It outperformed most facilities in this area. In computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 0.3 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 avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Inspections is another category where this facility excelled. In fact, we awarded this nursing home an B+ for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our inspection ratings are based on many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's third best area came in the area of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of C. In crafting our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was long-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this category. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means the facility didn't perform well in our measures relating to patient care. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home administered the vaccine to a relatively low 77.69517 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percent of long-term care residents who have sustained falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.3% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients which sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.17% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression may reveal worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 81.35% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.38% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 7.88% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 7.88% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.26% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center, 84.66% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Thomas Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.63 miles away4605 Maccorkle Avenue Sw Charleston West Virginia 25309Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 766-3600
- St Francis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.56 miles away333 Laidley St Charleston West Virginia 25301Proprietary(304) 347-6500
- Charleston Area Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.97 miles away501 Morris Street Charleston West Virginia 25301Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 388-5432
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Kanawha County2.15 miles away951 Dunbar Village Dunbar West Virginia 25064CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (304) 766-1009
- Davita Greater Charleston Dialysis3.11 miles away24 Maccorkle Ave Sw Charleston West Virginia 25303CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (304) 720-2222
- Fms - Charleston8.87 miles away2345 Chesterfield Ave Charleston West Virginia 25304CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (304) 345-7322
- Fmc - Hurricane11.68 miles away3768 Teays Valley Road Hurricane West Virginia 25526Dialysis Stations: 17 (304) 760-2305