Monroe Care Center

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility performed even better in our inspections category which is based on the facility's recent inspections. In fact, we gave it an A- for this area, which is one of our best scores. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This facility also received a strong long-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B in this area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 98.49624 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. The nursing grade includes a variety of subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Our last area is short-term care, where we gave this facility a B- in this area. Our short-term care scores are presumably more important for patients needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.