1795 Monterey Road, Colorado Springs CO 80910 · (719) 471-7850 · 75.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Note: Aspen Living Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Aspen Living Center is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Colorado Springs, Colorado with a population of 525,713 people. This nursing home received an F, which is really a rock-bottom score in our grading scheme. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 22 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 112 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Nurse Quality
B-
Historical
Even though this nursing home's overall grade was terrible, it didn't perform as poorly in nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- for this area. Nursing ratings are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides only 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures. While this place got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this area. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning a patient more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
B-
Historical
This facility also didn't fare terribly in the category of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which wound up being among its more favorable scores. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that were able to return home from the facility. It performed respectably with 45 percent of its residents returning home.
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Long-term Care Quality
D
Historical
Moving on to the category of long-term care, this nursing home was given just a D in that category. Nursing homes that don't fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 88.32808 percent of its residents. This is several points less than average. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Facility Inspections
D
Historical
Turning the last category of inspections, this ended up being this facility's weakest link. Inspection grades are based on a facility's recent inspections. We gave this facility a grade of just D in this category, which is a very weak grade. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. You should be especially cautious when considering a nursing home that has severe deficiencies on a recent inspection report. This nursing home was hit with one category G through L deficiency, which are among the more severe categories of deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by CMS had potential to pose actual harm to residents. On top of having severe deficiencies, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aug 20
Provider:
F
State:
B+
National:
B
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Aspen Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Provider
A
3.48%
State
B+
5.66%
National
B
7.32%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Provider
B-
3.79%
State
B
3.62%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Provider
B+
1.27%
State
B+
2.02%
National
B
2.65%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Provider
D
21.53%
State
B
14.8%
National
B
14.18%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Provider
B
18.03%
State
A-
11.74%
National
B
19.68%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Provider
C
4.38%
State
B
3.17%
National
B+
5.07%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Provider
D
90.87%
State
B-
86.68%
National
B
92.05%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Provider
A-
10.07%
State
B
14.22%
National
B
14.45%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Provider
D
9.28%
State
B
16.77%
National
B
17.08%
Percentage of Residents Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Provider
A
9.28
State
B
16.77
National
B
17.08
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Provider
D
58.04%
State
B
67.97%
National
B
68.03%
Percentage of Resident Higher is Better
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