Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation is located in Brighton, Colorado, a city with a total of 73,471 people. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is a high-end rating. Based on all of the relevant data, you can't go wrong here. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category grades, which are equally impressive. You just can't do any better than a straight A report card.
Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a great overall score, this facility excelled in our shot-term care category. In fact, we gave it an impressive grade of A- for that category. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most important for individuals needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A-. Arguably the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. The nursing score includes several subcategories, but the main consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home 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 country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving patients at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
The fourth area we scored is long-term care, where this facility received a grade of A-. This rounded out a very strong profile. Few nursing homes received an A- or higher in every category. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the volume 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 100 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 5.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 17.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 3.81% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 84.99% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 15.45% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 19.26% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 19.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 12.03 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Avamere Transitional Care and Rehabilitation, 75.71% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Platte Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.85 miles away1600 Prairie Center Pkwy Brighton Colorado 80601Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 498-1601
- St Anthony North Health CampusAcute Care Hospitals 10.61 miles away14300 Orchard Pkwy Broomfield Colorado 80023Voluntary non-profit - Private(720) 627-0000
- North Suburban Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.92 miles away9191 Grant St Denver Colorado 80229Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 451-7800
- Good Samaritan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.2 miles away200 Exempla Circle Lafayette Colorado 80026Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 689-4000
- Uchealth Broomfield HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.5 miles away11820 Destination Drive Broomfield Colorado 80021Proprietary(303) 460-6000
- Children's Hospital ColoradoChildrens 16.83 miles away13123 E 16th Ave Aurora Colorado 80045Voluntary non-profit - Private(720) 777-1234
- University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 16.89 miles away12605 E 16th Ave Aurora Colorado 80045Government - Hospital District or Authority(720) 848-0000
- National Jewish HealthAcute Care Hospitals 18.51 miles away1400 Jackson St Denver Colorado 80206Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 388-4461
Nearby Dialysis
- Platte Valley Dialysis1.65 miles away1321 S 4th Ave Suite 100 Brighton Colorado 80601Dialysis Stations: 12 (303) 654-8202
- Brighton Dialysis (Dva)2.18 miles away4700 E Bromley Ln Ste 103 Brighton Colorado 80601CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (303) 659-2511
- North Metro Denver Dialysis (Dva)11.47 miles away12365 Huron St Ste 500 Denver Colorado 80234Dialysis Stations: 17 (303) 451-9093
- Kidney Center of Northridge (Ara)12.14 miles away1865 W 121st Ave, Ste 300c Denver Colorado 80234Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 429-9550
- Thornton Kidney Center LLC (Ara)13.38 miles away8451 Pearl Street Denver Colorado 80229Dialysis Stations: 13 (303) 227-9981
- Thornton Dialysis (Dva)13.6 miles away8800 Fox Dr Denver Colorado 80260CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (303) 430-7020
- Commerce City Dialysis (Dva)13.61 miles away6320 Holly St Commerce City Colorado 80022CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (303) 853-4300
- Montbello Dialysis13.75 miles away4834 Chambers Road Denver Colorado 80239Dialysis Stations: 12 (303) 371-1502