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Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk's website

249 South Newtown Rd,
Norfolk VA 23502

(757) 427-4700

57.76% estimated occupancy 1

Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk is a large nursing home located in Norfolk, Virginia. We gave this nursing home a bottom of the barrel overall rating based on the data we assessed. This facility is just about as bad as it gets. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

While we graded this place incredibly poorly overall, it actually earned a relatively impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B+. Our inspection ratings are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid nursing homes with severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Unfortunately, this ended up being one of its better grades. Nursing ratings are largely based on a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home offered just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This number is far below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This place performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Sadly, this nursing home's third highest category is short-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this category, it still fared relatively badly. With our short-term care rating, we attempt to craft a sound measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Not surprisingly, we learned that this nursing home offers far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical nursing home. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.5 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next area we rated was long-term care, in which this facility received a poor grade in this area also. We gave it an F in this area, which is definitely a major concern. For prospective residents looking for a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. 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. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 96.58793 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable datapoint. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 16.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 1.57% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who experienced a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 0.27% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 4.87% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 14.4% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 0% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 96.6% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 16.48% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 25.77% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 25.77% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 14.62% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Sentara Nursing Center Norfolk, 66.59% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Norfolk, VA

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

Looking for more options? Norfolk, Virginia has 7 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Sentara Leigh HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1 miles away830 Kempsville Road Norfolk Virginia 23502Voluntary non-profit - Other(757) 261-6700
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  • Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters IncChildrens 6.16 miles away601 Children's Lane Norfolk Virginia 23507Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 668-9647
  • Sentara Norfolk General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.3 miles away600 Gresham Dr Norfolk Virginia 23507Voluntary non-profit - Other(757) 388-3000
  • Bon Secours Depaul Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.42 miles away150 Kingsley Lane Norfolk Virginia 23505Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 889-5000
  • Chesapeake General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.95 miles away736 Battlefield Blvd, North Chesapeake Virginia 23320Government - Hospital District or Authority(757) 312-8121
  • Bon Secours Maryview Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.53 miles away3636 High Street Portsmouth Virginia 23707Voluntary non-profit - Private(757) 398-2200
  • Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.31 miles away1060 First Colonial Road Virginia Beach Virginia 23454Voluntary non-profit - Other(757) 395-8000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Kempsville Dialysis Center0.87 miles away6320 North Center Dr Bldg 15 Ste 140 Norfolk Virginia 23502CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (757) 466-9446
  • Kempsville Home Dialysis0.94 miles away6161 Kempsville Cir Suite 155 Norfolk Virginia 23502Dialysis Stations: 2 (757) 461-9422
  • Leigh Dialysis Center0.95 miles away420 N Center Dr Bldg 11 Ste 128 Norfolk Virginia 23502CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (757) 455-0060
  • Stines Dialysis LLC1.82 miles away230 Clearfield Ave Ste 106 Virginia Beach Virginia 23462Dialysis Stations: 12 (757) 518-9439
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Indian River2.18 miles away4303 Indian River Road Suite 26 Chesapeake Virginia 23325Dialysis Stations: 17 (757) 361-0193
  • Norfolk Dialysis Center2.55 miles away962 Norfolk Sq Norfolk Virginia 23502CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (757) 461-0501
  • Fmc - Virginia Beach3.59 miles away525 S Independence Blvd Ste 150 Virginia Beach Virginia 23452CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (757) 687-7902
  • Davita - Virginia Beach3.88 miles away740 Independence Cir Virginia Beach Virginia 23455CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (757) 499-1301