Westport Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
7300 Forest Ave, Richmond VA 23226 · (804) 288-3152 · 69.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Westport Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is one of a variety of options to choose from in Richmond, Virginia. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. As far as we can see, this facility looks like a wonderful choice for most people. Finally, we wanted to point out that there was an ownership change at this facility in the last 12 months. We will need to make sure it maintains its high grades going forward.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 225 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
On top of performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home received an excellent long-term care rating. We gave it an A in that area. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the factors we considered on top of this facility's above average nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the elderly. Lastly, this facility 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
This facility also was superb in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Few facilities fared better in this category. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. One of this facility's strengths is physical therapy. We found that it provides at least 1.5 times as many hours with physical therapists to its residents as most other nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy staffing, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility in this area with 69.8 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this metric.
Facility Inspections
Tallying another strong category grade, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received an impressive grade of A-. Few facilities performed better in this category. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
The last area we scored is nursing. This nursing home received a very good nursing score in our assessment, with a B. While this wasn't quite as elite as many of its other scores, this remains one of the more impressive scores for this area. There are many criteria within this grade. Many of these factors relate to levels of nurse staffing. This place provides an extremely impressive 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is among the more impressive totals in the country. Finally, this facility also excelled in several quality-based metrics we assessed. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, this place performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by offering better nursing care and having a protocol of turning patients more often.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westport Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better