Monroe Health & Rehab Center is one of eight nursing homes in Charlottesville, Virginia. This turns out to be a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. At the end of the day, this facility is a solid choice for most people. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
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Monroe Health & Rehab Center
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it earned a very impressive inspection score. Inspections turned out to be its best category. In this area, we gave this facility an A-. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this nursing home received an excellent nursing rating. In fact, we gave it an B+ in that area. Our nursing score is largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning residents more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our next category, this facility also received a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 97.46835 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is short-term care. This facility was awarded a C for the category. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Monroe Health & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 2.53% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 4.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 0.21% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 3.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 9.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 6.65% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 98.34% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 23.06% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 27.66% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 27.66% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 8.49% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Monroe Health & Rehab Center, 73.73% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Charlottesville, VA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Charlottesville, Virginia has 7 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- University of Virginia Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.65 miles away1215 Lee Street Charlottesville Virginia 22908Government - State(800) 251-3627
- Martha Jefferson HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.07 miles away500 Martha Jefferson Drive Charlottesville Virginia 22911Voluntary non-profit - Private(434) 654-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Virginia Hospital2.64 miles awayRenal Services 1416 University Ave 5th Floor Charlottesville Virginia 22908Dialysis Stations: 38 (434) 924-5959
- Davita - Charlottesville4.07 miles away1460 Pantops Mountain Pl Charlottesville Virginia 22911CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (434) 979-5997
- Charlottesville North Dialysis5.1 miles away1800 Timberwood Blvd Ste C Charlottesville Virginia 22911Dialysis Stations: 13 (434) 973-8555
- Uva Zion Crossroads Dialysis16.5 miles away75 Circle Pointe Dr Gordonsville Virginia 22942CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (434) 924-9009