Center at Lowry is an average-sized nursing home located in Denver, Colorado. We gave this facility an overall score of A-, resulting in it being ranked among the fifteen highest graded facilities in the city. Denver offers a host of nursing homes, however, we question whether you will need to look at too many others. This one looks like a very fine option. As you can see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category ratings. It's hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
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Center at Lowry
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Oncology Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned a strong short-term care score. This turned out to be its best category. In that category, we gave this facility an A. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Compounding its impressive performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. This nursing home impressed us in this category.
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Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing, where this nursing home was given a B. While this wound up being its poorest category grade, this is nevertheless a strong score. The nursing score consists of a handful of subcategories, most of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility 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 many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving residents more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Center at Lowry Quality Metrics
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Center at Lowry, 12.31 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Center at Lowry, 76.2% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
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 Hospitals
- Rose Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.53 miles away4567 E 9th Ave Denver Colorado 80220Proprietary(303) 320-2121
- University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAcute Care Hospitals 2.86 miles away12605 E 16th Ave Aurora Colorado 80045Government - Hospital District or Authority(720) 848-0000
- Children's Hospital ColoradoChildrens 3.16 miles away13123 E 16th Ave Aurora Colorado 80045Voluntary non-profit - Private(720) 777-1234
- National Jewish HealthAcute Care Hospitals 3.19 miles away1400 Jackson St Denver Colorado 80206Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 388-4461
- Medical Center of Aurora, TheAcute Care Hospitals 3.75 miles away1501 S Potomac St Aurora Colorado 80012Proprietary(303) 873-5511
- Presbyterian St Lukes Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.54 miles away1719 E 19th Ave Denver Colorado 80218Government - State(303) 839-6000
- Saint Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.78 miles away1375 E 19th Ave Denver Colorado 80218Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 812-2000
- Denver Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.44 miles away777 Bannock St Denver Colorado 80204Government - State(303) 602-4930
Nearby Dialysis
- Lowry Dialysis Center (Dva)0.66 miles away7465 E 1st Ave Ste A Denver Colorado 80230CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (303) 367-0946
- Rocky Mountain Dialysis (Fmc)2.56 miles away4600 Hale Pkwy Ste 120 Denver Colorado 80220CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (303) 320-6894
- University of Co Hospital - Home Dialysis2.88 miles away12605 E. 16th Ave Aurora Colorado 80045Dialysis Stations: 6 (720) 848-3102
- Belcaro Dialysis (Dva)3.07 miles away755 S Colorado Blvd Denver Colorado 80246Dialysis Stations: 14 (303) 777-2844
- Stapleton Dialysis (Fmc)3.24 miles away7606 E 36th Ave Denver Colorado 80238Dialysis Stations: 20 (303) 322-1513
- The Childrens Hospital Kidney Ctr.3.26 miles away13123 E 16th Ave #328 Aurora Colorado 80045Dialysis Stations: 9 (720) 777-6263
- Aurora Dialysis (Fmc)3.34 miles away962 Potomac Cir Aurora Colorado 80011Dialysis Stations: 24 (303) 340-1398
- Aurora Dialysis (Dva)3.62 miles away1411 S Potomac St Ste 100 Aurora Colorado 80012CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (303) 368-1911