Norfolk Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-05-04. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (757) 626-1642 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Norfolk Health Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 57.4/100, placing it #12761 of 14703 facilities nationally and #257 of 289 in Virginia. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Norfolk Health Care Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 56 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 55 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 35 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 27 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 64.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $157,300. 48 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $157,300, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 150.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Norfolk Health Care Center ranks 12761st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 57.4/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within VA, it ranks 257th out of 289 nursing homes. In Norfolk, it ranks 8th out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,369 nationally and RN hours rank #10,122 nationally (#185 in VA). Our composite quality score of 57.4/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Norfolk, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/virginia/norfolk/