Continuing Care at Wind Crest is a small non-profit nursing home in Littleton, Colorado. This proved to be an A+ rated facility, which is our top rating. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it as one of the top 10 nursing homes in Colorado. Scroll down to see this place's category grades, which are equally impressive. You really can't do any better than a straight A profile.
Continuing Care at Wind Crest
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned an A+ short-term care grade. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. There are a host of factors within this category. Most of these criteria reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a high-end long-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be this nursing home's third most impressive category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature for this place is its inspection rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A, wrapping up its straight A performance. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing 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.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Continuing Care at Wind Crest Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 6.01% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients which developed pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of long-term residents that suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 2.13% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care patients who had a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 17.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 12.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 3.73% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 85.7% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 15.22% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 20.53% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 20.53 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 11.4 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Continuing Care at Wind Crest, 75.24% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Littleton, CO
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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