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Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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1919 Quentin Street,
Aurora CO 80045

(720) 857-6400

67.83% estimated occupancy 1

Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons is in Aurora, Colorado, which is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation. We awarded this facility an above average overall grade of A. As a matter of fact, it is the second best facility in Aurora according to our rankings. Based on all of the relevant data, you can't go wrong with this place. Headlining this place's remarkable report card is its nursing rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. The nursing category weighs a handful of components, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home 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 employing a system of turning a patient more often.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This first-rate nursing home also performed well in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A+. Very few facilities performed better in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 94.117645 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning the page to our next category, this facility received a strong short-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A- in that category. Our short-term care grades are considered to be more meaningful for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Turning to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. We gave it a grade of A- for that category. This finished off its straight A report card. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 4.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 3.24% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 13.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term residents which were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 3.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 7.44% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 96.67% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 18% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 14.75% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 14.75% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A+

In Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons, 0% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

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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