Life Care Center of Rochester
827 W 13th St, Rochester IN 46975 · (574) 223-4331 · 40.21% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Life Care Center of Rochester is in Rochester, Indiana. The city has a total of 14,691 people. Our grading scheme was not very kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall grade of F. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Rochester. The city has just one other nursing home. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 141 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Other
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
While we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we gave it a C for our short-term care rating. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. It performed much better in this area. In fact, we found that it was above average in this metric with 51.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home didn't receive glowing government inspections in recent years. We gave it a D for our inspections rating and that actually turned out to be its second best score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of the deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed one category J through K deficiency, which rank among the worst deficiencies. This generally means that CMS identified a deficiency which places resident health or safety in immediate danger. Finally, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this place received large government fines totaling over $100,000. This generally means that a bad performance spanned multiple years.
Nurse Quality
Among this nursing home's several poor grades was its F in the area of nursing care. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This place offered a meager 3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining major falls and pressure ulcers. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average facility. This could be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these metrics hurt this nursing home's nursing grade quite a bit.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was long-term care. This nursing home received a rock bottom grade of F in that area. For patients in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable total. Surprisingly, this facility also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.67 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Rochester Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better