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Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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1600 South Potomac Street,
Aurora CO 80012

(303) 750-8418

77% estimated occupancy 1

Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence is an average-sized facility located in Aurora, Colorado. With an overall rating of B, this looks like a very respectable option. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Aurora. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2019

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received an elite nursing grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with an A-. Our nursing rating analyzes a handful of subcategories, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a patient more often.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Turning to another one of this place's strengths, it also received a very impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections turned out to be one of its best category grades. We gave this nursing home an A-. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on deficiency's for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this nursing home. Without having all of the deficiency related data, it was difficult to really assess the place in terms of this category.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best area turned out to be its short-term care score, where it was awarded a B-. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 3.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The next area we analyzed was long-term care. For that category, we gave this nursing home a C. Long-term care ratings are crucial for people in need of personal care. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 97.02381 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 8.02% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 1.79% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 0.6% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 19.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 4.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some would argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 97.93% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 5.56% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 7.23% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 7.23% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 4.91% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Garden Terrace Alzheimer's Center of Excellence, 72.58% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Scores for Aurora, CO

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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