Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center is a small nursing home located in Durango, Colorado. This turns out to be an A rated facility. This nursing home received one of the best scores that we offer. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Scroll down to see this facility's category grades, which are also impressive. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Bariatric Care
- Aquatic Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ short-term care grade. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a reliable assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Facility Inspections
Another impressive feature of this facility is its inspection grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category, this facility also was awarded an excellent long-term care score, with a B+. This completed an elite report card. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 6.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 5.26% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 23.68% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 13.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 100% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 8.04% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 8.52% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is critical to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 8.52% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 13.78% of Patients
This is 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 Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center, 79.75% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.45 miles away1010 Three Springs Blvd Durango Colorado 81301Voluntary non-profit - Church(970) 247-4311
- Animas Surgical Hospital, LLCAcute Care Hospitals 2.96 miles away575 Rivergate Ln Durango Colorado 81301Physician(970) 247-3537
Nearby Dialysis
- Durango Dialysis Center (Dva)3.27 miles away72 Suttle St Ste D Durango Colorado 81303Dialysis Stations: 8 (970) 385-8608