Continuing Care at Wind Crest
3420 Mill Vista Road, Littleton CO 80129 · (303) 876-8347 · 98.18% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Continuing Care at Wind Crest is a small non-profit facility in Littleton, Colorado. It looks like this nursing home is among the best nursing homes we found. Receiving an A+ in our grading scheme requires excellent scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as one of the top 25 nursing homes in Colorado. Headlining this facility's remarkable report card is its short-term care rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an A+ in this area. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be most meaningful for those in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home excelled at the highest level in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility provided about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the typical nursing home. This is a great sign. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Colorado in this area with 66.1 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Our nursing score looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With under five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place Colorado in this category.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also earned excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best scores in that area, with an A. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
In our final category, we gave this nursing home an A for its long-term care grade. This completed a very favorable profile. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. After assessing the very impressive nursing hours provided by this facility, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.13793 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.66 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Continuing Care at Wind Crest Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
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. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better