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Briarwood Health Care Center

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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1440 Vine Street,
Denver CO 80206

(303) 399-0350

41.04% estimated occupancy 1

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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Quick Details

  • 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

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

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

Grade: B

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.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

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

Grade: F

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.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18May 23

Briarwood Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

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

Grade: B-minus

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

Grade: B-minus

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

Grade: B-minus

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

Grade: A-plus

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

Grade: B-minus

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

Grade: B-minus

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

Grade: D

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

Grade: A-minus

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

Grade: A

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

Grade: C

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

Grade: F

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

Grade: B

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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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Stapleton Dialysis (Fmc)3.86 miles away7606 E 36th Ave Denver Colorado 80238Dialysis Stations: 20 (303) 322-1513
  • South Denver Dialysis (Dva)4.81 miles away850 E Harvard Ave Ste 60 Denver Colorado 80210Dialysis Stations: 17 (303) 744-0559
  • Commerce City Dialysis (Dva)5.44 miles away6320 Holly St Commerce City Colorado 80022CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (303) 853-4300