Alpine Living Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Denver, Colorado. We gave this facility a B- overall, which is a solid score. This is comparable with the city grade in Denver, which is a B. Despite Denver featuring 42 nursing homes to select from, this one should be a respectable option. The best part of this place's report card is is its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Alpine Living Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
This nursing home received a nursing grade which is better than its overall score. We gave this facility an above average score of B+ in this area. Our nursing grade weighs a handful of datapoints, however, the most important consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a positive grade in short-term care. This facility earned a B+ in this category, which happens to be one of our better scores. In determining our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
This facility's third best category grade came in the area of inspections. In that category, we gave this facility a B. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our inspection ratings are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's worst category is long-term care, which is the final area we looked at. For this category, we gave this nursing home a D. Nursing homes that don't fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were disappointed to learn that this facility vaccinated only 77.333336 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alpine Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Alpine Living Center, 5.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Alpine Living Center, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Alpine Living Center, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Alpine Living Center, 17.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Alpine Living Center, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients which were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Alpine Living Center, 3.81% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Alpine Living Center, 84.99% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Alpine Living Center, 15.45% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Alpine Living Center, 19.26% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Alpine Living Center, 19.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Alpine Living Center, 12.03 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Alpine Living Center, 75.71% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Denver, 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
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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