Roscoe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

Another one of this nursing home's higher category scores came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 98.18841 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Next we looked at nursing grades, where this nursing home received an F, which is a rock bottom grade. This area was definitely not a strength for this facility. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses commit to residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular facility offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This statistic is quite a bit below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The next area we analyzed was short-term care. We gave it an F in this category, which is a poor grade. This is clearly a significant concern. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. With its score in this area, we were not stunned to discover that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the data we looked at. Frankly, this was about what we expected here. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.