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SITTER AND BARFOOT VETERANS CARE CENTER

RICHMOND, VA · Medicare-certified · 200 beds

In good standing
Government-run
4 of 5 overall

SITTER AND BARFOOT VETERANS CARE CENTER in Richmond, VA has a 4-star overall rating, with strong quality measures and staffing, and no fines in the last 24 months. Its nursing staffing is above the federal benchmark (4.92 vs. 4.1 hours per resident day), though the health inspection rating is 3 stars and recent citations included infection control, resident rights, and accident-hazard issues.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

4.9223 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: June 5, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.9223.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.83
Licensed practical nurses
0.90
Nurse aides
3.20
Weekend nursing
4.29

Hours per resident per day.

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

18.6%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

3.8%Improving

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

10.3%Steady

Residents with a urinary tract infection

1.4%Steady

Residents who lost too much weight

4%Improving

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

13.1%Improving

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

13%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

11.7%Worsening

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0%Steady

Residents with a long-term catheter

0.2%Improving

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

25.4%Improving

Residents with depressive symptoms

1.3%Improving

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

96.9%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

78%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

43.5%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

36.7%Improving

What the inspectors found

The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited May 2021 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.

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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: K

The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited May 2021 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.

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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: J

The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited September 2018 — isolated incident, actual harm.

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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: G

The home failed to make food and drinks appealing and served them at a safe, appetizing temperature. Cited September 2018 — isolated incident, actual harm.

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F-Tag 804 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: G

The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited September 2018 — widespread issue, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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  4. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 12 health deficiencies.

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Operator & ownership

Ownership
Government - State
Occupancy
170.9 residents on an average day (85% of 200 beds)
Resident voice
Resident & family councils
Medicare history
Certified for 18 years

Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.