Overview
Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Saluda has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Virginia average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Saluda. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.1 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 88% of nursing homes in Virginia (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 0.9 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on March 6, 2026, found 9 health deficiencies, fewer than the Virginia average of 14.0. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $46,745 in the past three years.
Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Saluda is a nonprofit facility with 60 certified beds, caring for about 51 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2021.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 71%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- March 6, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 9
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $46,745
- Payment denials
- 1
- Total penalties
- 2
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.13 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.92 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.65 hrs
- Nurse aides1.56 hrs
- Physical therapists0.01 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 60
- Average residents per day
- 51
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- April 23, 2021
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes