South Roanoke Nursing Home is an average-sized nursing home in Roanoke, Virginia. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. Even in a city of 10 nursing homes, this one stands out as a quality choice. As you can see below, this place also performed well in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
South Roanoke Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned an elite long-term care grade. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with an impressive grade of A-. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home 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 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that category with an B+. Few nursing homes with an overall score in this range performed as well in multiple categories. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. The nursing grade weighs several factors, but the primary one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home 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 facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is short-term care, in which this nursing home was given a grade of B. This facility turned out to be relatively strong across the board. With our short-term care assessment, we seek to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
South Roanoke Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 3.64% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 2.55% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which had a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 13.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 20.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 3.63% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 91.12% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 16.48% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 21.22% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 1.29 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 21.22 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 11.62 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In South Roanoke Nursing Home, 75.54% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Roanoke, VA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- 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
Looking for more options? Roanoke, Virginia has 9 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Carilion Roanoke Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.29 miles away1906 Belleview Avenue, Se Roanoke Virginia 24014Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 981-7000
- Lewisgale Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.22 miles away1900 Electric Road Salem Virginia 24153Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 776-4000
- Carilion Franklin Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.74 miles away180 Floyd Avenue Rocky Mount Virginia 24151Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 483-5277
Nearby Dialysis
- Usrc Roanoke LLC0.7 miles away117 Duke Gloucester Street Sw Roanoke Virginia 24014Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 682-7250
- Bma - Crystal Spring1.98 miles away404 Mcclanahan Street Roanoke Virginia 24014CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (540) 342-5514
- Bma - Roanoke-Salem Dialysis3.94 miles away2021 Apperson Dr Salem Virginia 24153CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (540) 725-1796
- Bma - North Roanoke4.46 miles away1326 7th St Ne Roanoke Virginia 24012CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (540) 344-6652
- Glenvar Dialysis5.53 miles away3737 West Main Street Suite 103 Salem Virginia 24153Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 380-3130
- Fmc - Friendship Manor7.62 miles awayDialysis Unit 331 Hershberger Rd Roanoke Virginia 24012CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (540) 561-0870
- Daleville Dialysis13.21 miles away245 Commons Pkwy Daleville Virginia 24083Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 591-5235
- Bma - Franklin County15.37 miles away300 Technology Dr Rocky Mount Virginia 24151CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (540) 484-7050