Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility is one of five facilities located in Rome, New York. It looks like this nursing home is one of the more impressive facilities we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires very strong marks across the board. We really couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its grades are impeccable. The best part of this facility's report card is is its short-term care grade. We discuss short-term care in the next section.
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Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
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Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a great overall score, this facility excelled at short-term care. In fact, we gave it an A for that category. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is more often than not a reliable assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our inspection grades are based on several items found on the a nursing home's inspection reports. Places that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care. This nursing home received a favorable long-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 95.55556 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life threatening ailment for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The next category we analyzed is this nursing home's weakest area. Nevertheless, even its worst category would actually be a highlight for many nursing homes. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B in nursing. The nursing grade consists of quite a few components, however, the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these data points as good measures of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 6.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 12.22% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 2.25% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 15.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 16.2% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 1.19% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 97.25% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 15.15% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 19.72% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 19.72% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 15.61% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Rome Memorial Hospital Residential Health Care Facility, 82.21% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Rome, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Rome, New York has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Rome Memorial Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away1500 North James Street Rome New York 13440Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 338-7000
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 12.66 miles away1400 Noyes St Utica New York 13502Government - Local(315) 797-6800
- St Elizabeth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.37 miles away2209 Genesee Street Utica New York 13501Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 798-8100
- Oneida Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.91 miles away321 Genesee Street Oneida New York 13421Voluntary non-profit - Other(315) 363-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare - Rome1.27 miles away91 Perimeter Rd-Griffiss Park Rome Dialysis Clinic Rome New York 13440CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (315) 334-4786
- Faxton-St. Lukes Healthcare13.33 miles away1676 Sunset Ave Utica New York 13502CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (315) 624-5660
- Fslh-St. Luke's Home Renal Dialysis13.75 miles away1650 Champlain Avenue Utica New York 13502Dialysis Stations: 8 (315) 624-8998
- Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare14.02 miles away131 Main Street Suite 101 Oneida New York 13421Dialysis Stations: 8 (315) 366-0360
- Utica Partners LLC14.56 miles away2142 Glenwood Shopping Plaza Oneida New York 13421Dialysis Stations: 8 (315) 363-1393
- Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare - Masonic15.91 miles away2150 Bleeker Street Utica New York 13501Dialysis Stations: 20 (315) 724-3897