Petersburg Home for Ladies was inspected 7 times between March 11, 2021 and March 6, 2026 by the Virginia Department of Social Services. 2 of those visits ended with violations cited and 5 with none. Across that history VDSS cited 9 violations under 9 distinct standards.
A violation is a licensing standard - a rule in the Virginia Administrative Code - that the inspector found the facility was not meeting. Each is shown with the evidence the inspector recorded and, where VDSS publishes it, the facility's own plan of correction.
VDSS publishes inspections on a rolling window. 6 of these 7 are still on the state's site; the other 1 has since dropped off it and is reproduced from Assisted Living Magazine's archive of the original VDSS reports.
Provider Information
Inspection History
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March 6, 2026Inspection
March 10, 2025Inspection
February 26, 2024Inspection
February 26, 2024Inspection
June 14, 2023Inspection
- The May 2023 monthly calendar documented the following number of hours per week in the special care unit (SCU): May 7-13th: 16 hours May 14-20th: 17 hours May 21 – 27th: 16 hours The June 2023 monthly calendar documented the following number of hours per week in the special care unit (SCU): June 4-10th: 14 hours June 11-17th: 19 hours June 18-24th: 18.5 hours June 25-30th: 15 hours.
- Staff #1 confirmed during interview the number of hours was less than 21 hours per week based on the May and June 2023 SCU activities calendar.
- Resident #4 admitted 5-25-2023. Resident #4’s physical examination dated 5-18-2023 documented allergies to “tramadol, ceclor, ciprofloxacin, cefaclor, doxycycline”; however, no description of allergy reactions were documented. Resident #5 admitted 12-03-2021. Resident #5’s physical examination dated 11-02-2021 documented allergy to “macrobid”; however, no allergy reactions were documented.
May 3, 2022Inspection
- Resident #1 admitted 12-01-2017. Resident #1’s most current ISP dated 3-15-2022 did not identify bladder incontinence as a need on the ISP; however, Resident #1’s UAI dated 12-10-2021 documented under bladder continence, “Incontinent weekly or more”. Additionally, Resident #1’s ISP didn’t address orientation; however, Resident #1’s UAI documented Resident #1 is “Disoriented – Some spheres, some of the time; spheres affected: time”.
- Resident #3 admitted 10-25-2021. Resident #3’s most current ISP dated 4-28-2022 did not identify assistance with meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry, or bladder incontinence; however, Resident #3’s UAI dated 10-21-2021 documented, “Yes” for assistance with meal preparation, housekeeping, and laundry, as well as “Incontinent weekly or more” under bladder continence.
- Resident #7 admitted 3-05-2018. Resident #7’s most current ISP dated 3-22-2022 did not document assistance with bladder continence, meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry and money management. Resident #7’s UAI dated 3-22-2022 documented bladder continence, “incontinent less than weekly”, and “Yes” to assistance with meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry and money management.
- Resident #8 admitted 3-7-2022. Resident #8’s most current ISP dated 4-24-2022 did not document assistance with transfers, meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry and money management. Resident #8’s UAI dated 3-01-2022 documented, “human help, supervision” for transferring, and “Yes” to assistance with meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry and money management.
- Staff #5 (hired 2-28-2022) did not have a criminal history record report from the Department of State Police in their records and instead a national criminal record search.
- The following residents’ preliminary plan of care were identified as the “preliminary” by Staff #1 and did not address basic needs of the residents: a. Resident #2 admitted 2-24-2022. Resident #2’s preliminary ISP was dated 3-08-2022 and did not document that resident is in a safe secure environment as of date of admission. Resident #2’s plan also did not address needs for wheeling assistance or behavior pattern; however, the resident’s UAI dated 1-20-2022 documented wheeling assistance (performed by others) and behavior pattern (wandering/passive – weekly or more); b. Resident #4 admitted 8-02-2021. Resident #4’s preliminary ISP was dated 8-13-2021 and did not document that resident requires assistance with dressing, toileting, or bladder assistance; however, the resident’s UAI dated 7-20-2021 documented dressing and toileting assistance (human help, physical assistance) and bladder incontinence (less than weekly); c. Resident #5 admitted 3-14-2022. Resident #5’s preliminary ISP was dated 4-12-2022, and did not document that resident requires assistance with eating/feeding, bowel and bladder incontinence, meal preparation, housekeeping, money management, and disorientation; however the resident’s UAI dated 3-08-2022 documented eating/feeding assistance (human help physical assistance), bowel incontinence (less than weekly), bladder incontinence (weekly or more), and assistance with meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry, and money management. Additionally, Resident #5’s UAI documented, “Disoriented – some spheres, some of the time. Spheres affected: place, time”; however, this was not documented on the ISP. d. Resident #6 admitted 3-29-2022. Resident #6’s preliminary ISP was dated 4-29-2022 and did not document toileting, transferring, bladder continence, walking, wheeling, mobility, meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry, money management, and orientation; however, Resident #6’s UAI dated 3-04-2022 documented the following: toileting (human help, supervision), transferring, (human help, supervision), bladder incontinence, (weekly or more), wheeling (mechanical and human help physical assistance), mobility (mechanical and human help supervision), and requires assistance with meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry, money management. Additionally, Resident #6’s UAI documented orientation “Disoriented – some spheres, some of the time, spheres affected: time”; however, this was not documented on the ISP.
- Staff #1 confirmed in interview the aforementioned resident ISPs were preliminary and were not identified as such, and stated “…[Staff #6] was unaware, she thought it was 30 days…” regarding the residents’ plan of cares not being developed timely. Additionally, the needs identified were not included on the preliminary plan of care for the above mentioned residents.
- The following staff did not have a completed sworn statement or affirmation in their records: A. Staff #2: Date of hire 2-13-2022, no sworn statement, B. Staff #4: Date of hire 9-06-2021, sworn statement not complete (no answers checked); and C. Staff #5: Date of hire 2-28-2022, no sworn statement.
- Staff #1 acknowledged the sworn statements for the aforementioned staff weren’t present.
- Resident #1 admitted 12-01-2017 to the facility, and approval for SSE placement by the physician was dated 9-28-2021. Resident #1’s “Approval for Placement in Special Care Unit” dated 9-28-2021 was blank for the question: “Explanation of why written approval was not obtained from each individual higher on the list of priority.”
- Resident #2 admitted 2-24-2022 to the facility’s SSE. Resident #2’s “Approval for Placement in Special Care Unit” dated 1-28-2022 was blank for the question: “Explanation of why written approval was not obtained from each individual higher on the list of priority.”
- The following rooms had hot water above the range of 105°F to 120°F: A. 130.7°F – Room 3 B. 130.3°F – Room 16 C. 120.7°F – Room 55 D. 130.3°F – South shower room E. 129.1°F – Room 37
- Staff #1 as present during the tour and acknowledged the aforementioned temperatures were above the required range for hot water at taps.
- Resident #4 admitted 8-02-2021. Resident #4’s ISP contained updates as of 12-10-2021 for services including “hospice” and “DNR”; however, no signatures were documented for the update by facility staff or the resident/legal representative.