Accel at Longmont is the lone nursing home located in Longmont, Colorado. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accel at Longmont
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
In addition to having a decent overall grade, we also want to point out that this nursing home received favorable health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better grades in this area, with a B+. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall grade. Our inspection scores are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report, which is still very impressive. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also excelled in nursing, where it earned an B+. Our nursing rating is mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a resident even once per day.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded them a B in this area, which is one of our better. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
Our final area is long-term care, where we gave this facility a grade of C in this category. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 95.588234 percent of its patients. This place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Accel at Longmont Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Accel at Longmont, 5.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Accel at Longmont, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that suffered falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Accel at Longmont, 2.04% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that experienced a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Accel at Longmont, 17.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Accel at Longmont, 12.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Accel at Longmont, 3.91% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Accel at Longmont, 84.62% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Accel at Longmont, 15.34% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Accel at Longmont, 16.01% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Accel at Longmont, 16.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Accel at Longmont, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Accel at Longmont, 76.2% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Longmont United HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.23 miles away1950 Mountain View Ave Longmont Colorado 80501Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 651-5111
- Foothills HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.76 miles away4747 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder Colorado 80303Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 415-7000
- Good Samaritan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.87 miles away200 Exempla Circle Lafayette Colorado 80026Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 689-4000
- Centura Health-Avista Adventist HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.78 miles away100 Health Park Dr Louisville Colorado 80027Voluntary non-profit - Church(303) 673-1280
- St Anthony North Health CampusAcute Care Hospitals 14.67 miles away14300 Orchard Pkwy Broomfield Colorado 80023Voluntary non-profit - Private(720) 627-0000
- Uchealth Broomfield HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.76 miles away11820 Destination Drive Broomfield Colorado 80021Proprietary(303) 460-6000
- Mckee Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.72 miles away2000 Boise Ave Loveland Colorado 80538Voluntary non-profit - Private(970) 669-4640
Nearby Dialysis
- Kidney Center of Longmont (Ara)0.8 miles away1960 Ken Pratt Blvd Ste A Longmont Colorado 80501Dialysis Stations: 20 (303) 485-7100
- Longmont Dialysis (Dva)2.94 miles away1715 Iron Horse Dr Ste 170 Longmont Colorado 80501Dialysis Stations: 18 (303) 485-4084
- Kidney Center on Main (Ara)3.27 miles away2144 Main St Ste 2 Longmont Colorado 80501Dialysis Stations: 14 (303) 485-8911
- Kidney Center of Frederick6.46 miles away5992 Iris Parkway Longmont Colorado 80504Dialysis Stations: 13 (303) 833-1381
- Boulder Dialysis (Dva)9.82 miles away2880 Folsom St Ste 110 Boulder Colorado 80304Dialysis Stations: 14 (303) 440-5600
- Kidney Center of Lafayette (Ara)10.19 miles away2655 Crescent Dr Ste C Lafayette Colorado 80026CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (720) 890-4661
- North Metro Denver Dialysis (Dva)16.64 miles away12365 Huron St Ste 500 Denver Colorado 80234Dialysis Stations: 17 (303) 451-9093
- Kidney Center of Northridge (Ara)16.66 miles away1865 W 121st Ave, Ste 300c Denver Colorado 80234Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 429-9550