Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center
1601 Broadrock Blvd, Richmond VA 23224 · (804) 371-8000 · 92.4% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center is a large government-owned facility in Richmond, Virginia. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+. In fact, this is actually ranked among the five highest rated nursing homes in Richmond. This nursing home definitely has plenty working in its favor. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 200 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also would like to emphasize the fact that this nursing home excelled in our nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. Our nursing category consists of many subcategories, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This facility offers extremely high levels of nursing care, averaging 5.8 hours per patient each day. This is more nursing care than nearly any other place offers. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this facility performed as well as any facility in the country. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A-. Inspection grades are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent government inspections. Nursing homes that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a favorable short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B in this category. Short-term care scores are important for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 34.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility permanently.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care, where this facility was given a B-. Although this ended up being its least impressive category score, this is nevertheless not a terrible score. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to assessing the favorable quantity of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were impressed by the facility's vaccination statistics. By way of example, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 96.65739 percent of its residents, which is above average. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.83 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures 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 residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better