Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center
450 Prospector Ave, Durango CO 81301 · (970) 828-1414 · 80.99% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center is one of just a couple available nursing homes in Durango, Colorado. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the 25 best nursing homes in Colorado. This is really as good of a facility as you'll find. If you scroll down, you can see this nursing home's category grades, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall grade.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating analyzes quite a few components, but the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular facility provided 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This was one of the more impressive figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics are impressive. In addition to offering impressive levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. It performed as well as any facility in the nation when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility performed well in our short-term care category. We awarded them an elite grade of A+ in this area. Our short-term care grade is generally used to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This nursing home is the gold standard when it comes to skilled nursing staffing. The facility provided about 50% more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical nursing home. This is what we like to find when grading a nursing home in this category. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in Colorado in this area with 63.7 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Facility Inspections
We gave this nursing home a grade of A for inspections. Inspection scores are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed is long-term care, where this facility received a grade of A-. This wrapped up a first-rate profile. Not many facilities received an A- or better in all four categories. 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 looking at the significant amount of nursing care provided by this nursing home, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. This combination proved to be successful as this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cottonwood Inn Rehab and Extended Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes 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 percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can limit 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 is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better