Rochester Manor

In addition to receiving a great overall rating, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the facility's recent government inspections. We awarded it an A for this category, which is one of our best grades. Our inspection ratings are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home was given a favorable long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area with a score of B+. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

The third category we graded was short-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of B- in this category. In our short-term care rating, we strive to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Our last category is nursing, where we awarded this facility a B- in that category. Our nursing rating considers a number of subcategories. The most important variable is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This place averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is not an impressive total. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused measures. We especially like to look at the percentage of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are decent measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.