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Francis N. Sanders Nursing Home

7385 WALKER AVE, GLOUCESTER, VA, 23061

(804) 693-2000

55 licensed beds

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections5/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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7385 Walker Ave

Gloucester, VA 23061

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

495383

Care type

Nursing home

County

Gloucester

Facility name

Francis N. Sanders Nursing Home

Legal entity

Riverside Lifelong Health & Rehabilitation Sanders

Street address

7385 WALKER AVE

City / state / ZIP

Gloucester, VA 23061

Phone

(804) 693-2000

About this facility — Francis N. Sanders Nursing Home

Francis N. Sanders Nursing Home is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Gloucester, Virginia. It is licensed for 55 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Virginia (117 beds).

It is one of 6 senior care facilities in Gloucester and 289 skilled nursing facilities across Virginia. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Francis N. Sanders Nursing Home 35 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Operator / owner

Walter Austin

Parent company

Riverside Health System

Ownership type

Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Riverside Integrated Services Inc

Indirect owner — 95% stake — since 2023

Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia

Indirect owner — 5% stake — since 2023

Alewynse, Joyce

Director — since 2022

Austin, Walter

Officer — since 2012

Bates, Jared

Director — since 2022

Dacey, Michael

Officer — since 2019

Downey, William

Officer — since 2007

Haywood, Barbara

Director — since 2016

Heckler, Edward

Officer — since 2019

Houser, Jason

Officer — since 2019

Nelson, Linwood

Operational control — since 2025

Riverside Healthcare Association, Inc.

Direct owner — since 2003

Smith, Conway

Director — since 2010

Smith, Kirby

Director — since 2007

Tiller, Brooke

Director — since 2022

Verser, Joseph

Director — since 2022

Zeidler, Jeanne

Director — since 2019

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

2 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

2005-01-27

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

3 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2023-07-20

Nurse staffing

4.6 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$361 per day (≈ $10,970/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

0% Medicaid · 12% Medicare · 88% private/other

Occupancy

94% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

10% below the VA median of $401/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2023-07-20Health inspection3 citations

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2023-08-25

F-0679

D · No harm found

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Corrected 2023-08-25

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2023-08-25

2022-03-03Health inspection3 citations

F-0574

D · No harm found

The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.

Corrected 2022-04-15

F-0582

D · No harm found

Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

Corrected 2022-04-15

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2022-04-15

3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (29 citations)

2019-07-11Health inspection17 citations

F-0550

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0554

D · No harm found

Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0578

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0600

G · Actual harm

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0623

D · No harm found

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0657

D · No harm found

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0658

D · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0679

D · No harm found

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0680

E · No harm found

Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0689

D · No harm found

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0690

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0692

D · No harm found

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0761

D · No harm found

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Corrected 2019-09-18

F-0842

E · No harm found

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0868

E · No harm found

Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly

Corrected 2019-08-18

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2019-08-18

2022-03-03Fire-safety inspection2 citations

K-0222

E · No harm found

Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

Corrected 2022-03-21

K-0915

D · No harm found

Have proper power supply for life support equipment.

Corrected 2022-03-21

2019-07-11Fire-safety inspection10 citations

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0222

D · No harm found

Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0223

D · No harm found

Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0231

D · No harm found

Provide large enough exits.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0345

D · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0914

D · No harm found

Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0918

D · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2020-02-12

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2020-02-12

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 495383.

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Source

CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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Federal NPI Registry (NPPES)

NPI 1356456644

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