Cheyenne Health Care Center is in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This facility was given a rock bottom overall rating based on the data we looked at. This facility does not seem to have much going for it. Finally, we were surprised to learn that this facility received a decent grade in the area of long-term care. You can find more information about this category below.
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Cheyenne Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually didn't perform terribly in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B- for that category, which is one of our better scores. We would argue that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This place received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility's next best score was long-term care. However, with a grade of D in this category, it still performed relatively poorly. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated just 86.41509 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
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Short-term Care Quality
We gave this nursing home just a D for our short-term care grade. This is well below average in this category. Our short-term care scores are crucial for individuals needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Given its grade in this area, we weren't surprised to find that this place is well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 5.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we analyzed was nursing, which ended up being a weak link for this nursing home. We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D for nursing. Nursing grades are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these data points to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cheyenne Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 7.07% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 3.75% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 4.38% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 21.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 15.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term care residents which were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 9.68% of Patients
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 89.82% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 14.62% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 13.4% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 1.11 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 13.4 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 12.36 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cheyenne Health Care Center, 77.28% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cheyenne Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.76 miles away214 East 23rd Street Cheyenne Wyoming 82001Voluntary non-profit - Other(307) 633-7600
Nearby Dialysis
- Cheyenne Dialysis (Fmc)1.69 miles away1739 Meadowland Dr Cheyenne Wyoming 82009CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (307) 632-6457