Overview
Portside Health & Rehab Center has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the Virginia average of 3.1. It ranks 2nd of 3 nursing homes in Portsmouth. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.6 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 55% of nursing homes in Virginia (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on December 12, 2024, found 18 health deficiencies, more than the Virginia average of 14.0. 3 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $8,018 in the past three years.
Portside Health & Rehab Center is a for-profit facility with 132 certified beds, caring for about 117 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1989.
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 67%
Top 38%
Top 48%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- December 12, 2024
- Health deficiencies cited
- 18
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 3
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $8,018
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.62 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.39 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.12 hrs
- Nurse aides2.11 hrs
- Physical therapists0.04 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 132
- Average residents per day
- 117
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- September 20, 1989
- 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