Beth Israel at Shalom Park is a large non-profit nursing home located in Aurora, Colorado. With an overall grade of A, it proved to be one of the five highest graded nursing homes in Aurora. Based on our assessment, you can't go wrong with this facility. One of the best aspects of this facility's remarkable report card is its nursing rating. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section.
Beth Israel at Shalom Park
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Nursing grades are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was strong in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this area. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 80.23529 percent of its patients. This is slightly lower than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we looked at, this facility received a very strong grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this score, the nursing home wrapped up a very strong profile. Short-term care scores are crucial for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing. This means a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beth Israel at Shalom Park Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 5.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered from pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which had UTI's. While more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 17.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 3.81% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 84.99% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 15.45% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 19.26% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 19.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 12.03 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Beth Israel at Shalom Park, 75.71% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Aurora, CO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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