Rochelle Gardens Care Center is a small nursing home located in Rochelle, Illinois. Featuring an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a bottom of the barrel nursing home. This place is really as bad as it gets. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next section.
Rochelle Gardens Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Rochelle Gardens Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a poor overall grade, we also gave this facility poor scores across the board in our category grades. It received just a D for its nursing score, which is its best category. In determining a facility's nursing score, we weigh the amount of time nurses are seeing patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these metrics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility's next most favorable category was short-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed somewhat badly. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Facility Inspections
This facility received very weak government inspections in recent years, causing us to give them an F for inspections. An F in this area is usually a sign that there were red flags on the facility's inspection reports. For facilities with bad inspection scores, you should focus on any severe deficiencies found on their recent inspection reports. This particular facility had a category G through L deficiency, which are among the more serious deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies identified by CMS had potential to pose actual harm to patients. In addition to having severe deficiencies, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care, where this facility was given a poor score in this category also. Sadly, it received an F for this category, which is definitely somewhat alarming. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated only 86.98225 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Rochelle Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 8.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often the result of poor nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 2.6% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 18.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 19.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 30.45% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 87.4% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 13.9% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 17.56% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 1.66 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Rochelle Gardens Care Center, 17.56 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Rochelle Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.44 miles away900 N 2nd St Rochelle Illinois 61068Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 562-2181
- Kishwaukee Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.19 miles away1 Kish Hospital Drive Dekalb Illinois 60115Voluntary non-profit - Private(815) 756-1521
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Timber Creek14.42 miles away1001 S Annie Glidden Road Dekalb Illinois 60115Dialysis Stations: 12 (815) 748-3124
- Davita - Sycamore17.57 miles away2200 Gateway Dr Sycamore Illinois 60178Dialysis Stations: 14 (815) 758-0205