This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint could be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better
City | # of Nursing Homes | # of Dialysis within 10 miles | # of Hospitals within 10 miles | Average Nursing Home Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alamosa | 2 | 1 | 1 | A- |
Arvada | 3 | 17 | 10 | A- |
Aurora | 11 | 17 | 12 | B+ |
Boulder | 4 | 3 | 4 | B |
Brighton | 2 | 2 | 2 | B+ |
Broomfield | 2 | 7 | 6 | B+ |
Brush | 2 | 0 | 2 | B |
Canon City | 4 | 1 | 1 | A- |
Castle Rock | 2 | 1 | 1 | B+ |
Colorado Springs | 22 | 6 | 5 | B+ |
Commerce City | 2 | 18 | 9 | F |
Denver | 43 | 20 | 11 | B+ |
Durango | 2 | 1 | 2 | A- |
Englewood | 4 | 20 | 14 | B+ |
Fort Collins | 9 | 3 | 4 | B |
Golden | 1 | 9 | 3 | B+ |
Grand Junction | 6 | 3 | 3 | B |
Greeley | 7 | 3 | 1 | B+ |
Littleton | 8 | 11 | 7 | A |
Longmont | 5 | 4 | 1 | B+ |
Louisville | 1 | 7 | 6 | A- |
Loveland | 3 | 3 | 4 | B+ |
Monte Vista | 2 | 0 | 0 | B+ |
Montrose | 2 | 2 | 1 | B |
Parker | 3 | 4 | 5 | B- |
Pueblo | 9 | 4 | 3 | B |
Sterling | 2 | 1 | 1 | C |
Thornton | 1 | 20 | 11 | C |
Westminster | 3 | 13 | 7 | B+ |
Wheat Ridge | 3 | 20 | 13 | B |
Windsor | 2 | 6 | 4 | B+ |