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Crowley County Nursing Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Crowley County Nursing Center's website

401 Idaho Avenue,
Ordway CO 81063

(719) 267-3561

98.64% estimated occupancy ¹

Crowley County Nursing Center is the lone nursing home we identified in Ordway, Colorado. With an overall grade of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Bariatric Care

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Nurse Quality

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received a much better grade for nursing than it received overall. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Nursing grades are based in large part on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

This facility's inspection grade also was better than its overall score. Due to a quality inspection report this year, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. We weren't able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Without having complete information regarding deficiencies for this facility, it was a challenge to grade it in terms of this category.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home's third best area is its short-term care score, where it was awarded a B-. Short-term care scores are vital for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

Long-term Care Quality

The next area we looked at is long-term care. This facility was given a B- in this area. Our long-term care scores are more critical for residents needing more conventional services related to personal care. After we finished assessing the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated just 81.06061 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Crowley County Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 3.66% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 2.27% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffered a fall which resulted in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 24.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 9.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 4.07% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 79.82% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 15.45% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 13.89% of Residents

This is the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 13.89% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 74.96% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.