Virginia Home
1101 Hampton St, Richmond VA 23220 · (804) 359-4093 · 99.38% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Virginia Home is a nursing home located in Richmond, Virginia which has 364,141 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires above average marks in most areas. Even in a city offering 10 other nursing homes, this facility really stands out. This place is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 130 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this nursing home excelled in long-term care. We awarded them a grade of A+ in this category. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of offering very impressive levels of nursing care, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.80695 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. It received one of our best scores in that area with a score of A. Few nursing homes with an overall score in this range performed as well in multiple categories. Our inspection scores are tied to items found on the a nursing home's inspections. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. There are many datapoints within this area. Most of the factors are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is an impressive figure which typically correlates with higher quality care. Finally, this place also excelled in the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, it fared as well as any facility the state when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as reliable measures of the caliber of nursing care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a C. Even though this ended up being its worst category grade, this is still not a major area of concern. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is often a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Virginia Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates 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 datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better