Shenandoah Nursing Home is in Fishersville, Virginia, a city with a population of 5,398 people. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-rated facilities we looked at. A score of this caliber requires excellent marks across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes nationally. This nursing home also received impressive ratings in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Shenandoah Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- 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
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
On top of performing well overall, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best scores in that category with an A+. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed well in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes fared better in this area. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also want to note the fact that this facility was awarded a dominant grade of A- in our short-term care category. In our short-term care score, we endeavor to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
In the final category we analyzed, this nursing home was given a very favorable grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home wrapped up an elite profile. There are many factors within this area. Many of the data points relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as good measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Shenandoah Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 0.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which have suffered a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 0.88% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 8.94% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 26.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 100% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 14.85% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 17.41% of Residents
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 17.41% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 10.22% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Shenandoah Nursing Home, 77.35% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Augusta HealthAcute Care Hospitals 1.3 miles away78 Medical Center Drive Fishersville Virginia 22939Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 932-4000
- Western State HospitalPsychiatric 4.24 miles away1301 Richmond Road Staunton Virginia 24402Government - State(540) 332-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Uva Augusta Dialysis1.11 miles away70 Medical Center Circle Ste 105 Fishersville Virginia 22939Dialysis Stations: 16 (540) 332-5970
- Davita - Staunton1.8 miles away29 Idlewood Blvd Staunton Virginia 24401Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 885-8906
- Uva Staunton Dialysis5.53 miles away81 Orchard Hill Circle Suite 103 Staunton Virginia 24401Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 280-9248