RRH Unity Living Center

    89 Genesee St Second Floor, Rochester, NY, 14611
    1.9 · 9 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    1.0

    Understaffed unprofessional care mishandled death

    A few caregivers were kind, but overall I found the place unprofessional and clearly understaffed. Residents were sometimes left in wet diapers, nurses didn't check on patients, falls weren't reported, and belongings went missing. The desk/doors were often unmanned so I couldn't reach anyone or had to wait to be let in/out, and management refused to share reports or communicate. After a death they mishandled the transition, never contacted us about the estate, left calls unanswered, and we ended up hiring a lawyer - a nightmare.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    1.89 · 9 reviews

    Overall rating

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    5. 1
    • Care

      2.0
    • Staff

      1.8
    • Meals

      1.9
    • Amenities

      1.9
    • Value

      1.9

    Pros

    • Some staff are friendly
    • Certain caregivers provide good direct care
    • A baseline/standard level of care reported by some reviewers

    Cons

    • Unprofessional or rude employees
    • Lazy or inattentive staff
    • Short-staffed / understaffing at times
    • Front desk/doors often unmanned
    • Difficult entry/exit; visitors waited to be let in or out
    • Poor communication with families
    • Unanswered phone calls / no response
    • Management lack of oversight and poor follow-up
    • Poor post-death transition; no contact about estate
    • Refusal or failure to provide/share reports
    • No fall protocol; falls not reported to families
    • Nurses not checking on patients after incidents
    • Patients left in wet/soiled diapers
    • Belongings missing / items lost
    • Overall poor care quality and neglect concerns
    • Hygiene and cleaning issues
    • Legal escalation / lawyer involvement by families
    • Emotional distress for families (nightmare, sadness)

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment from the collected reviews is mixed but leans strongly negative. Multiple reviewers acknowledge individual staff members who are friendly and some caregivers who provide good direct care; however, these positives are frequently overshadowed by recurring and serious operational and quality-of-care concerns. The dominant themes are inconsistent staffing and supervision, breakdowns in communication, lapses in clinical and personal care, facility cleanliness and security issues, and troubling post-death/administrative handling.

    Care quality and patient safety: A central and recurring concern is inconsistent care quality. While a subset of staff is described positively for direct caregiving, many reviews report neglectful practices — patients left in wet or soiled diapers, nurses failing to check on residents after incidents, and a general perception that some staff are lazy or do not care about patients. Several reviewers specifically cite the absence of a fall protocol and unreported falls; families described that falls were not disclosed to them and that documentation or incident reports were either not provided or actively refused. These reports point to both potential clinical risk and failures in required incident reporting and family notification processes.

    Staffing and staff behavior: Staffing problems are a pervasive theme. Reviewers indicate the facility is short-staffed at times, which correlates with missed care tasks and unattended residents. Alongside staffing shortages are reports of unprofessional or rude employees and inconsistent staff performance — some care well, others behave in a way that families find unacceptable. The combination of understaffing and variable staff professionalism contributes to many of the negative experiences described.

    Facilities, access, and security: Multiple reviews note facility issues such as unmanned front desks or entry doors and problems with entry/exit access that required visitors to wait to be let in or out. These access control problems raise concerns both for visitor convenience and for resident safety. Additional facility-related problems include cleanliness shortcomings and reports of residents’ belongings going missing. Together these point to weaknesses in supervision, housekeeping, and asset tracking within the building.

    Communication, management, and administration: Communication failures are among the most frequently mentioned problems. Families report unanswered phone calls, a lack of proactive updates from management, and poor responsiveness when concerns are raised. A particularly serious administrative concern is the handling of residents’ affairs after death: reviewers describe a poor post-death transition with no contact about estate matters and at least one family escalating to legal counsel. Reviewers also report refusal to provide necessary reports or documentation, indicating significant transparency and governance issues at the management level.

    Emotional and legal fallout: The cumulative effect of clinical lapses, poor communication, and administrative failures has led to significant emotional distress for families — reviewers used terms like "nightmare" and "sadness" to describe their experiences. In at least one case, a family reported hiring a lawyer, suggesting that perceived failures were severe enough to prompt legal escalation. These outcomes underscore that the problems are not merely inconveniences but have real emotional and potential legal consequences for residents’ families.

    Gaps in available information (dining, activities): The supplied reviews do not contain meaningful commentary on dining services, recreational programming, or activities. Absence of mention can mean these areas were not top-of-mind for reviewers or that they were neither notably positive nor negative compared with the pressing operational and care issues highlighted.

    Patterns and implications: The dominant pattern is inconsistent care delivered in an environment with operational weaknesses. Positive experiences appear to depend heavily on which individual staff members happen to be on shift; systemic problems (staffing shortages, poor management communication, lack of protocols) are repeated across reviews. For prospective families or oversight bodies, the most urgent areas to investigate are staffing levels and scheduling, fall and incident reporting procedures, family communication practices, security/entry protocols, housekeeping and asset controls, and post-mortem administrative processes. Addressing these systemic issues would likely reduce the most severe complaints while preserving the strengths noted around some caregivers’ personal attention.

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    About RRH Unity Living Center

    RRH Unity Living Center, part of Rochester Regional Health, sits on the St. Mary's campus and people know it for its unique terms like Unity Healthreach and Healthy Start Rochester, and for offering all sorts of senior living and care under one roof, from fully independent living options for active folks who want a maintenance-free lifestyle up through assisted living and skilled nursing care for those who need more hands-on help. The place has 120 beds across two recently renovated floors, so there's space for people with medically complex needs, dementia, behavioral health struggles, or chronic disease, and there's a best-in-class ventilator unit with a dedicated 10-bed wing for people who need respiratory support, and each ventilator room is private, which helps folks keep their independence but lets them join in social activities too. Seniors get help with daily activities-like eating, getting dressed, and taking medicine-if they need it, plus there are special programs for memory care with 24-hour staff, secure areas, and memory-enhancing activities for those with Alzheimer's and dementia. Skilled nursing care offers around-the-clock trained nurses, pain control, wound care, rehabilitation, IV therapy, peritoneal dialysis, and access to hemodialysis, and therapy areas mean residents get physical, occupational, and speech therapy, too, while onsite support includes social work, nutrition, psychiatry, and specialist services.

    The center gives short-term rehab for those coming back from hospital stays, respite care to help families get a break, and plenty of therapies and pain management to keep people comfortable. There are communal spaces like an Activity Center filled with planned social events and recreation, a Resident Relaxation room for a bit of peace, two special dining rooms-one called the Dining Room Community Area and another called the Resident Dining Room-and a therapy area for people working on getting stronger or more mobile. Residents use amenities like a wellness center, community gardens, fitness room, beauty salon, free Wi-Fi, gaming room, computer center, small library, outdoor gathering spaces, and there's even an onsite chapel if you want a quiet place for spiritual needs. The pharmacy sits right nearby at 89 Genesee Street, and parking's pretty simple with free street spaces and a parking garage, plus hotel arrangements with discounts are available for families visiting. It's easy to get to, with Bus 27 on the RTS line stopping right at the hospital. General hours are 24/7, and visiting runs from 11 am to 8 pm daily.

    Safety's taken seriously, with a Pandemic Emergency Plan in place and education provided about visitor policies, safety, and patient rights under Title VI for transportation services. Services support all sorts of complex medical issues, including wound management, pain management, infection control, pulmonary rehab, tracheotomy care, ventilator weaning, dialysis, psychiatry, podiatry, and hospice care, all aimed at giving seniors independence and respect while covering their health and daily needs. The whole facility aims to keep folks comfortable, active, and well-supported, whether they're staying full-time or just for a short spell, and everything's done with the core values of kindness, integrity, and respect. The CMS Five-Star Rating system keeps the quality in check, updating every quarter. The center is run by The Unity Hospital of Rochester, a not-for-profit group, using space leased from Rochester St. Mary's Residence Facility, LLC, and carries accreditation as the region's newest hospital for acute care of medically complex patients.

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