Rochester Residence And Care Center
174 Virginia Avenue, Rochester, PA, 15074 · CCN 395751
Rochester Residence And Care Center is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Rochester, Pennsylvania. This facility-specific record brings together official CMS provider, inspection, rating, and enforcement data while identifying what is missing or uncertain.
What stands out in the available record
The available records contain 131 cited deficiencies across 17 surveys. 10 were coded at G or above; 6 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
5 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0760 (5), F0689 (5), F0584 (5), F0684 (4), F0812 (4). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- September 2025 — Health: 37 cited deficiencies
- August 2025 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
- June 2025 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- May 2025 — Health: 5 cited deficiencies
- March 2025 — Health: 24 cited deficiencies
- February 2025 — Health: 5 cited deficiencies
- January 2025 — Health: 4 cited deficiencies
- December 2024 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity D: 78 citations
- Scope/severity E: 28 citations
- Scope/severity F: 15 citations
- Scope/severity G: 4 citations
- Scope/severity J: 5 citations
- Scope/severity K: 1 citation
10 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 6 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0760 — Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (5 citations)
- F0689 — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (5 citations)
- F0584 — Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (5 citations)
- F0684 — Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (4 citations)
- F0812 — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (4 citations)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 32 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 24 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 13 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies: 13 citations
- Administration Deficiencies: 11 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies: 9 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: not reported
- Health inspection: not reported
- Staffing: not reported
- Quality measure: not reported
Total nurse staffing hours are not reported in the available CMS rating record.
Five-Star values above are official CMS fields. POCDesk does not calculate or predict the official CMS rating.
Enforcement and penalties
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 8 penalty actions, most recently dated January 2026. Monetary fines in these records total $390,255.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. Loaded survey records window — Earliest loaded survey: March 2023; Latest loaded survey: September 2025. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 8, 2026 at 9:48 AM UTC. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of September 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on October 2026.
POCDesk groups citations by survey date, counts recurring F-Tags across the available history, and summarizes CMS scope/severity codes. Those summaries are POCDesk organization and interpretation of public records, not official ratings or survey findings of our own. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and our editorial standards and methodology.
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