Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center is in Franklin, Virginia. This proved to be a grade A facility, which is a truly elite grade. This is just about as good of a place as you'll find. We also gave this facility strong grades in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Church related
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home also received excellent health inspections recently. We awarded it one of our highest grades in that category, with an A. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving residents at least once a day.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be this nursing home's third strongest category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.79518 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we rated, this facility received a very strong grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility topped off a very strong profile. In calculating our short-term care scores, we size up a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is often a useful assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 4.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 2.41% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 3.63% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients which suffered from a UTI. While more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 8.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 22.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 0.31% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 99.09% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 13.28% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 15.74% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 15.74% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 7.87% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bon Secours – Southampton Medical Center, 71.67% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Southampton Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away100 Fairview Drive - PO Box 817 Franklin Virginia 23851Proprietary(757) 569-6100
Nearby Dialysis
- Southampton Dialysis Center1.6 miles away1333 Armory Dr Franklin Virginia 23851Dialysis Stations: 14 (757) 562-2233
- Soco Dialysis1.64 miles away1384 Armory Drive Franklin Virginia 23851Dialysis Stations: 13 (757) 562-2137
- Davita Roanoke Chowan Dialysis19.99 miles away626 West Main Street Murfreesboro North Carolina 27855Dialysis Stations: 10 (252) 396-0572