Rochester, New York
St. John's Home
150 Highland Ave, Rochester, NY 14620
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- Rochester, NY
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About this community
St. John's Home in Rochester provides long-term skilled nursing in a home-like setting. Care is built around resident choice and companionship. Doctors, LPNs and nurse practitioners are available around the clock. Dedicated care teams address residents’ individual needs and desires.
Care & daily life
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Long-Term Care / Nursing Home
Settings offering continuous nursing or complex care where supported.
About this care categoryA closer look at the community
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Care & support
St. John's Comfort Care is based at the Home and offers short- and long-term palliative care.
The interdisciplinary hospice team focuses on comfort, pain management and honoring residents’ choices near the end of life.
Comfort Care support also includes on-site medical staff, round-the-clock skilled nursing, pain-management expertise, and individual and family support and counseling.
Staff training includes specialized methods to foster freedom of choice for residents living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Rooms & living spaces
Living areas follow a small-homes model, with home-like finishes, fewer residents per neighborhood, more privacy and greater consistency in staffing.
The Home has newly remodeled private and semi-private rooms.
Everyday life
Residents have access to free long-distance calling.
The enclosed courtyard has a gazebo, seating, a swing, greenery and a fishpond. It offers space for family gatherings and, in warmer weather, picnics and concerts. Additional garden areas provide places to sit, visit or spend quiet time outdoors.
Dining & meals
Neighborhood kitchens allow each small home to shape a dining experience around residents’ traditions and family-favorite foods.
Staff dietitians work with chefs to plan nutritious meals and attend to residents’ dietary restrictions and requirements.
Activities & connection
Residents can share talents such as gardening, baking, storytelling, needlecraft and art with staff, volunteers and one another. There are also opportunities for quiet reflection.
Therapeutic recreation staff lead activities intended to encourage residents to keep living and growing.
Spiritual care professionals offer counsel for people of different faiths. Faith-community members from the Rochester area also visit to provide support.
The Visiting Pets Program helps residents maintain a connection with a pet they had before moving in or form a new relationship with an animal.
Shared spaces & amenities
Other features include a spacious rehabilitation gym, learning center, library, auditorium, art galleries, ice cream shop, gift shop, and beauty and barber shop.
Location & getting around
At the corner of Highland and South Avenues, the Home has views of Highland Park and the Rochester skyline.
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Community FAQs
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Can family visit a resident receiving Comfort Care at any hour?
Yes. Comfort Care offers 24-hour open visitation for residents.
Before you decide
Use these questions when you contact St. John's Home. They are conversation starters, not claims about what this community offers.
Rooms & accessibility
Which room or suite options are available? Can we see the bathroom, entrances and shared spaces to check whether they meet our accessibility needs?
Dining & everyday life
What meals and dietary options are offered? May we see a current activity schedule and ask how residents choose what to take part in?
Support as needs change
What support is included, who provides it and when? What happens if a resident needs more help than the community can provide?
Costs & moving in
Can we get an itemized quote, including fees and optional services? Is there a waiting list, and what assessments or agreements are needed before moving in?
