With an address in Fort Collins, Colorado, Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility is one of nine available facilities there. Sporting an overall rating of A, this nursing home is among the best nursing homes we assessed. We can't find many bad things to say about this nursing home. Its ratings are as good as they get. This facility also received strong scores in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ short-term care grade. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This score is frequently a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A. Not many nursing homes performed as well in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving patients even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our final category, this nursing home also performed admirably in the long-term care category. We awarded it a B+ in that category. This completed a first-rate profile. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 96.36363 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 7.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 9.55% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 9.52% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients that had a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 9.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs 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 some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 10.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 7.8% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 98.18% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 9.2% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 6.39% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 6.39% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 12.83% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Centre Avenue Health and Rehab Facility, 83.07% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Fort Collins, 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 A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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