Cheyenne Manor
561 West 1st North, Cheyenne Wells CO 80810 · (719) 767-5602 · 50.78% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Cheyenne Manor is a small government-owned nursing home located in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. Sporting an overall rating of A+, this nursing home is ranked among the best facilities we looked at. We could not find many negative things to say about this place. Its grades are impeccable. Keep reading to see this place's category grades, which also impressed us. You really can't do any better than a straight A report card.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 38 Beds
CCRC :
Government - Hospital district
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is as good as it gets in this critical area. Our inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our nursing score includes several factors, however, the paramount one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.5 hours of nursing care per patient per day, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to offering impressive levels of care, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
An additional strength for this nursing home is long-term care, where it was given an A+ rating. This is flat out as elite as it gets in this area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of providing elite levels of nursing care and other staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This figure is also significantly better than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category we scored, this nursing home was awarded a very strong grade of A- in our short-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home wrapped up a straight A profile. Short-term care grades are often used to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cheyenne Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better