Monticello Nursing & Rehab Center

This facility earned an inspection score which is stronger than its overall score. Inspection scores are associated with a nursing home's recent government inspections. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B+ in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

One of this facility's better category grades was in the category of short-term care. This wound up being its second most favorable category. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. In the category of short-term care, we seek to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its level of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 4.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Our nursing score is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This figure is significantly below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it scored well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.

The last category we looked at was long-term care, which ended up being this facility's weakest area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this area. Nursing homes that don't score well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 92.46231 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is somewhat lower than we were hoping for but still a decent percentage. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.