Castle Rock Care Center

We really weren't high on this nursing home's overall scores or its category grades. We gave it just a just D for our nursing rating and that proved to be its highest grade. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This place provided 0.1 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is not great. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This place fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

We awarded this nursing home just a D for our short-term care grade and that actually turned out to be its second most favorable score. Our short-term care scores are critical for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This includes a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Based on its grade in this area, we were not surprised to discover that this facility is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. Honestly, this was what we expected here. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.

Unfortunately, this facility received an F for its inspection rating. This is a particularly important category. Grades in this range usually point to some red flags on the nursing home's inspections. You should pay special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection score. We would pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

The next area we scored is long-term care. We gave it a lowly F for this area, which is an abysmal grade. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility administered the vaccine to just 68.852455 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.