Monroe Manor

We wanted to point out that this nursing home' short-term care score outpaced its overall grade. We gave it a grade of B+ for its short-term care grade, which is one of our better scores. This helped its overall score. Our short-term care grades are thought to be more critical for people needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only 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 nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 7.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

This nursing home's inspection grade exceeded its overall grade as well. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This nursing home's next highest category ended up being its long-term care grade, where it was awarded a C. In calculating our long-term care ratings, we look at the personal care offered to the facility's patients. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The final area we rated was nursing, which was this facility's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a D in this area. There are numerous data points within this category. Most of these subcategories are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these statistics to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.