Monroe Community Hospital

Monroe Community Hospital is a very-large hospital-based facility located in Rochester, New York. Sporting an overall score of B, this nursing home is a very good choice. Even in a city featuring 23 other nursing homes, this nursing home turns out to be a fine choice. The best part of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph

In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this facility also earned top notch inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher grades in this category, with a grade of A. Inspection scores are tied to items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

This facility truly excelled in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of A. Very few nursing homes performed better in this area. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.69697 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a life or death illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.2 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.

This nursing home's third highest category is short-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Short-term care ratings are critical for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we considered the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 38.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.

The next area we looked at was nursing. This facility was given a C in this category. Our nursing score includes quite a few components, but the primary one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. Based on the data, it looks like this place provides an impressive 4 hours per resident each day. This is more nursing care than most places provide. In computing our grades, we apply more weight to hours performed by more highly trained nurses such as registered or licensed nurses. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in two of the major data points we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are typically good measures of the quality of nursing care provided.