Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community is a small nursing home located in Denver, Colorado. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-rated facilities we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. Denver has a variety of nursing homes, however, it is doubtful you will need to visit too many others. This one looks like a first class option. Headlining this nursing home's exemplary profile is its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
4660 East Asbury Circle,
Denver CO 80222
95.9% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall rating, this nursing home also earned an A+ inspection score. This is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can offer a nursing home. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. We were not able to locate deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its top-shelf resume, this facility also was awarded an excellent long-term care score, with a score of A. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. There are numerous criteria included in this area. Many of the criteria are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 place Colorado in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving patients more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the fourth area, this nursing home received a high-end short-term care grade. Even though this wasn't as impressive as a few of its other scores, this remains one of the stronger scores a facility can receive. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to create a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home permanently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 5.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 3.41% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which had a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 2.12% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 17.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 12.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 3.71% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 85.88% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 15.2% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 20.54% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brookshire House Rehabilitation and Care Community, 20.54 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
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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