Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home is an average-sized government-owned nursing home in Florence, Colorado. Featuring an overall grade of A+, this nursing home is without a doubt a first-rate facility. We flat out can not say enough good things about this facility. This also appears to be a very consistent facility with consistent grades in each of our categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
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Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
- For people with disabilities
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - State
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A-plus
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Nursing scores are largely tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A-plus
This facility also was awarded an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to be awarded several A+ category grades. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 96.65072 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Turning the page to our next area, this facility was given an excellent short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in this area. Short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A
Another impressive feature for this nursing home is its inspection grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A, wrapping up its straight A performance. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A+
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A-minus
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 1.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients that have sustained a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 5.42% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients who have had UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric may also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: C
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 21.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-minus
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 12.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 3.47% of Patients
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-plus
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 98.33% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: D
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 24.75% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 14.61% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B
In Bruce Mccandless Co State Veterans Nursing Home, 14.61% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Centura Health-St Thomas More HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 8.27 miles away1338 Phay Avenue Canon City Colorado 81212Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 285-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Canon City Dialysis (Fmc)7.35 miles away2245 Fremont Dr Canon City Colorado 81212Dialysis Stations: 12 (719) 276-8404
