Rocky Mount Health & Rehab Center

Rocky Mount Health & Rehab Center is a large facility located in Rocky Mount, Virginia. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a middle of the road facility. Based on our analysis, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. We were also pleased to discover that this facility was consistent in all of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.

This facility really excelled in the area of long-term care, where it earned an A-. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. One of the datapoints we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 93.75 percent of its residents. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.98 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

In addition, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed as well in this category. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't 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 facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing grade weighs quite a few components, however, the primary one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provides only 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a somewhat concerning figure as it is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.

Turning to the final category, this facility received a C in short-term care, which we consider to be a respectable score. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. In fact, we found that it outperformed the majority of facilities in the nation in this area with 54.5 percent of its residents returning home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.