The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center is one of just a few nursing homes located in Blacksburg, Virginia. With an overall rating of A-, this nursing home is one of the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. Based on our ratings, you can't go wrong with this facility. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.
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The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center
- 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
- Non profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A+ for its short-term care score. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most important for folks in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was long-term care. This nursing home was given an impressive long-term care score in our assessment, with a grade of B-. Even though this isn't quite as elite as many of its other scores, this is nevertheless a respectable grade in that category. Our long-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's volume of nursing care. This means a vast spectrum of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 98.773 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. This place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 10.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 2.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 1.92% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents that had a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 9.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 22.32% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 1.86% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients showing symptoms of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 98.81% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 19.23% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 31.02% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 31.02% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 12.96% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Wybe and Marietje Kroontje Health Care Center, 86.61% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lewisgale Hospital MontgomeryAcute Care Hospitals 1.09 miles away3700 South Main Street Blacksburg Virginia 24060Proprietary(540) 951-1111
- Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.84 miles away2900 Lamb Circle Christiansburg Virginia 24073Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 731-2000
- Carilion Giles Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.21 miles away159 Hartley Way Pearisburg Virginia 24134Voluntary non-profit - Private(540) 921-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Montgomery1.17 miles away106 Southpark Dr Sw Ste A Blacksburg Virginia 24060Dialysis Stations: 15 (540) 951-1466
- Davita - Radford Dialysis7.9 miles away600 E Main St Suite F Radford Virginia 24141Dialysis Stations: 17 (540) 639-9561
- Bma - New River Valley8.36 miles away1200 Tyler Ave Stu. A Radford Virginia 24141Dialysis Stations: 15 (540) 731-0610
- Bma - Giles19.16 miles away1 Taylor Ave. Pearisburg Virginia 24134Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 921-3117
- Giles County Dialysis19.16 miles away377 Boxwood Ln Pearisburg Virginia 24134Dialysis Stations: 13 (540) 921-1384