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Liberty Heights

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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12205 Gunstock Drive,
Colorado Springs CO 80921

(719) 481-9494

92.14% estimated occupancy 1

Liberty Heights is one of a multitude of nursing home options to select from in Colorado Springs, Colorado. With an overall rating of A, this is clearly a superb nursing home. We were not surprised to discover that this is substantially better than many of the nursing homes in the city. If you scroll down, you can see this nursing home's category ratings, which are equally strong as its overall score.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Hemodialysis
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We also wanted to point out that this facility earned near flawless health inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively minor. It does not appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

We also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home performed remarkably in our short-term care category. We gave them an elite grade of A+ in this category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In calculating our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In our last category, this nursing home also was given an excellent long-term care score, with an A-. This completed a very strong report card. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 93.20388 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we expected but still a decent figure. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 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

Liberty Heights Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Liberty Heights, 9.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Liberty Heights, 3.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Liberty Heights, 5.88% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Liberty Heights, 12.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Liberty Heights, 7.95% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Liberty Heights, 10% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Liberty Heights, 94.64% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Liberty Heights, 9.41% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Liberty Heights, 12.57% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Liberty Heights, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Liberty Heights, 12.57% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Liberty Heights, 17.29% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Liberty Heights, 69.81% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Colorado Springs, 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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