Centennial Health Care Center

Centennial Health Care Center is one of seven nursing homes in Greeley, Colorado. This nursing home received an overall grade of C, which is a decent score. Based on our ratings, this facility has some redeeming qualities. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. 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. This is certainly an excellent sign for this facility.

The second highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. There are numerous criteria within this grade. Many of these factors relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides only 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat alarming figure which is well below average. Finally, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of residents who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. These statistics are measures of the quality of nursing care.

Sadly, this facility only earned a grade of D for its long-term care grade, which is not a score to write home about. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 79.93921 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is several points lower than average. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.47 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

Moving on to the next area, we gave this facility a grade of D for short-term care. This was the nursing home's weakest category grade. Our short-term care scores are important for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly based on its grade in this area, this place was well below average in one of the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility offered far fewer registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 32.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. This statistic was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.