Monroe Health & Rehab Center
1150 Northwest Drive, Charlottesville VA 22901 · (434) 973-7933 · 78.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Monroe Health & Rehab Center is one of eight nursing homes located in Charlottesville, Virginia. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. Keep in mind that Charlottesville received a far more impressive city grade of B, so you should definitely look at other options in the city. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 180 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, we didn't have any good things to say about this nursing home's overall grade or its category grades. Its best area was the area of inspections. However, with a D in this category, it still performed relatively badly. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. You should be especially cautious when considering a facility with severe deficiencies on its inspection reports. This particular nursing home was assessed one category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more severe deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies found by CMS had potential to cause actual harm to residents. Lastly, we also want to point out that this nursing home was assessed large government fines in excess of $50,000. This usually indicates that inspectors became frustrated after several years of failed government inspections.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this facility an F. There are quite a few factors included in this category. Many of these datapoints reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home offered just 3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is not a very impressive figure. In addition to its below average nursing hours, this facility received suboptimal marks in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We found that a higher percentage of this nursing home's patients sustained falls which led to major injury.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this nursing home an F in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care scores are believed to be most critical for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the data we assessed. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 38.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics sunk this facility's short-term care score.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we scored was long-term care. This nursing home received a rock bottom grade of F in that area. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.45255 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.36 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Monroe Health & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better