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Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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3749 Sherman Avenue,
Monte Vista CO 81144

(719) 852-5118

65.83% estimated occupancy 1

Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake is a facility in Monte Vista, Colorado, which has a total of 7,344 people. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility, which is one of the top scores that we offer. We were impressed enough to rank this facility as one of the 50 best facilities in Colorado. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its inspection grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - State
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Monte Vista, Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Monte Vista, Colorado Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Colorado badge

Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Monte Vista, Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Monte Vista, Colorado Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of receiving an elite overall score, this nursing home received an A+ inspection grade. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We also would like to note the fact that this facility received a strong score of A in our long-term care category. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 57.615894 percent of its patients, which is somewhat less than we anticipated. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. In computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are caring for residents and the levels of training of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning a resident even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Switching gears to our last category, this facility received a very strong short-term care rating. We awarded it a grade of A- in that area, giving this facility straight A's. With our short-term care rating, we seek to create a valuable gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 8.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 5.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 4.83% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which have suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 4.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 13.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 1.4% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 76.86% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 13.51% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 10.16% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Colorado Veterans Community Lvg Center at Homelake, 10.16% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • San Luis Valley HealthAcute Care Hospitals 13.7 miles away106 Blanca Ave Alamosa Colorado 81101Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 589-2511
  • Rio Grande HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.24 miles away310 County Rd 14 Del Norte Colorado 81132Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 657-2510

Nearby Dialysis

  • Alamosa Dialysis (Dva)12.33 miles away612 Del Sol Dr Alamosa Colorado 81101CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (719) 589-2022

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=065391