Unity Living Center
89 Genesee Street, Rochester NY 14611 · (585) 368-3881 · 95.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Unity Living Center is an average-sized hospital-based nursing home located in Rochester, New York. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A grade in this range requires quality marks in most areas. Even in a city offering 23 nursing homes, this one looks like a sound selection. This facility is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this facility also excelled in our nursing category. We gave it an B for that category. When determining our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility offers an impressive 5.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is among the higher figures in the state. Finally, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was long-term care. This nursing home received a favorable long-term care score, with a grade of B in this area. In a long-term care environment, the 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. Once we assessed the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 91.1007 percent of its residents against pneumonia. The last datapoint we looked at was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 2.82 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this admittedly wasn't as strong as most of its other scores in this category, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed was short-term care. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 31.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Unity Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better