The Laurels of Willow Creek
11611 Robious Road, Midlothian VA 23113 · (804) 379-4771 · 95.41% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Laurels of Willow Creek is located in Midlothian, Virginia. The city has 88,279 people. With an overall grade of D, this is a lower end nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Midlothian. The city has just one other nursing home. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall score was not a highlight, it did receive a very good score in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it a B+ for that category, which is one of our better scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we also would like to note that this nursing home received strong short-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our better grades in this category, with a B. This proved to be the facility's second highest score. Short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Remarkably, this facility provides its residents with at least 50% more physical therapist hours per week than the average facility. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Virginia in this area with 64.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing grade is based on many factors, however, the main consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility offered just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is well below average. Unfortunately, this place also had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its low nursing hours. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this measure.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed is long-term care. This facility received a poor grade of F in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 41.76707 percent of its residents. This is quite a bit below what we expected. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at limiting hospitalizations. While it had 1.97 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score wasn't as bad since it had some more complex patients. This is its best feature in this category
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Laurels of Willow Creek Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this metric may also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better