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Mountain Vista Health Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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4800 Tabor Street,
Wheat Ridge CO 80033

(303) 421-4161

60.05% estimated occupancy 1

Mountain Vista Health Center is a large non-profit nursing home located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires respectable scores in most areas. You could definitely do much worse than this facility. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card was its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to performing well in its overall score, this facility earned even higher marks in the area of nursing. We gave it one of our highest grades in this category with an A-. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This facility also performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. It received one of our best scores in that category with an A-. Few nursing homes with an overall score in this range performed this well in multiple categories. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This facility also received a strong short-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B in this area. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last area we scored was long-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a D in this category. Naturally, this category hurt the nursing home's overall profile to a certain degree. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category may not provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities offer. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 93.73297 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Mountain Vista Health Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 3.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 5.18% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 1.09% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percent of long-term care residents which had UTI's. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 14.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some 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

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 9.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 0% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 95.6% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 19.05% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 16.97% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 0.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 16.97% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Mountain Vista Health Center, 73.84% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lutheran Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.48 miles away8300 W 38th Ave Wheat Ridge Colorado 80033Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 425-4500
  • Orthocolorado Hospital at St Anthony Med CampusAcute Care Hospitals 4.68 miles away11650 West 2nd Place Denver Colorado 80228Proprietary(720) 321-5000
  • Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.68 miles away11600 West 2nd Plc Denver Colorado 80228Voluntary non-profit - Church(720) 321-0000
  • Denver Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.48 miles away777 Bannock St Denver Colorado 80204Government - State(303) 602-4930
  • Uchealth Broomfield HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.84 miles away11820 Destination Drive Broomfield Colorado 80021Proprietary(303) 460-6000
  • Saint Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.88 miles away1375 E 19th Ave Denver Colorado 80218Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 812-2000
  • Presbyterian St Lukes Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.13 miles away1719 E 19th Ave Denver Colorado 80218Government - State(303) 839-6000
  • North Suburban Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.46 miles away9191 Grant St Denver Colorado 80229Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 451-7800

Nearby Dialysis

  • Kidney Center of Arvada (Ara)2.8 miles away5265 Vance St Arvada Colorado 80002CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 403-1127
  • Kidney Center of Wheat Ridge (Ara)3.25 miles away6920 W 38th Ave Wheat Ridge Colorado 80033Dialysis Stations: 16 (303) 463-3041
  • Arvada Dialysis Center (Dva)4.01 miles away9950 W 80th Ave Ste 25 Arvada Colorado 80005Dialysis Stations: 16 (303) 456-9556
  • Mile High Pd (Dva)4.23 miles away1750 Pierce St Ste A Denver Colorado 80214Dialysis Stations: 3 (303) 232-0939
  • Lakewood Dialysis (Dva)4.23 miles away1750 Pierce St Denver Colorado 80214CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (303) 238-6111
  • West Lakewood Dialysis Center (Dva)4.66 miles away11700 W 2nd Pl, Ste 325 Denver Colorado 80228Dialysis Stations: 14 (303) 987-4672
  • Kidney Center of Lakewood (Ara)6.29 miles away6166 W Alameda Ave Denver Colorado 80226Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 922-6371
  • Lakewood Crossing Dialysis (Dva)6.6 miles away1057 S Wadsworth Blvd Ste 100 Denver Colorado 80226Dialysis Stations: 22 (720) 962-6199