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Valley Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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940 East Lee Highway,
Chilhowie VA 24319

(276) 646-8911

91.66% estimated occupancy 1

Valley Health Care Center is a large nursing home located in Chilhowie, Virginia. Sporting an overall rating of D, this is a lower end nursing home. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Chilhowie. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Although we did not rate this nursing home highly overall, we want to point out its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes with severe deficiencies associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of C in the area. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Sadly, this nursing home only earned a grade of D for its short-term care rating, which is well below average in this category. With our short-term care assessment, we attempt to craft a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. As you might expect, we found that this facility provides substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last category we scored was long-term care, where this nursing home received a rock bottom score here as well. It received a lowly F for this category, which is obviously somewhat alarming. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 96.806725 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Valley Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Valley Health Care Center, 7.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Valley Health Care Center, 3.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients that suffered falls which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Valley Health Care Center, 0.38% of Patients had UTIs

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who have suffered from UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Valley Health Care Center, 35.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used to treat several conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Valley Health Care Center, 33.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Valley Health Care Center, 16.52% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Valley Health Care Center, 96.85% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Valley Health Care Center, 18.39% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Valley Health Care Center, 12.2% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Valley Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Valley Health Care Center, 12.2% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Valley Health Care Center, 10.77% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Valley Health Care Center, 76.24% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Smyth County Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.83 miles away245 Medical Park Drive Marion Virginia 24354Voluntary non-profit - Private(276) 378-1000
  • Johnston Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.15 miles away16000 Johnston Memorial Drive Abingdon Virginia 24211Voluntary non-profit - Private(276) 258-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care Smyth County9.19 miles away945 N Main Street Marion Virginia 24354Dialysis Stations: 14 (276) 782-1781
  • Monahans Dialysis LLC10.05 miles away1587 N Main St Marion Virginia 24354Dialysis Stations: 13 (276) 781-0461
  • Fmc - Abingdon17.96 miles away341 Falls Dr Abingdon Virginia 24210CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (276) 628-3380

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=495133