Rochester is a city with a population of 117,815 people. There are 4 nursing homes in the city to choose from.
While its overall score was terrible, the nursing homes in Rochester performed favorably in the area of short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our short-term care grades are critical for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Rochester performed well in our nursing category, where we gave it a B in that category. In the other categories we looked at, we awarded the city concerning grades for our long-term care and inspections categories.