Briarwood Health Care Center is located in Denver, Colorado, which has a host of nursing homes. With an overall rating of C, this is likely a solid nursing home. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this facility's report card is is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Briarwood Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this turned out to be a decent facility is it earned a favorable inspection grade. In this category, we gave this facility a B+. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received an impressive score in our long-term care category. We gave this facility an above average grade of B in that area. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 95.2381 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. In crafting our short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this facility really did not fare very well. With an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this was this nursing home's poorest grade. The nursing grade weighs numerous data points. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This particular nursing home offered just 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This statistic is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Briarwood Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 5.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 2.04% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 17.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 12.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents which are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 3.91% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 84.62% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 15.34% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 16.01% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is critical to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 1.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 16.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Briarwood Health Care Center, 76.2% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
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-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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