Crowley County Nursing Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

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Crowley County Nursing Center's website

401 Idaho Avenue,
Ordway CO 81063

(719) 267-3561

90.27% estimated occupancy ¹

Crowley County Nursing Center is the lone nursing home we identified in Ordway, Colorado. With an overall grade of C, this is likely a solid nursing home. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. You also may want to review this nursing home's category grades below. We discuss long-term care in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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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Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's overall grade was propped up by a strong long-term care score. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that area, with a grade of B. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 92.23301 percent of its residents. This is slightly below what we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

This facility's second best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is not an impressive total. Finally, although this place got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this area.

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Facility Inspections

Turning to our inspection category, it appears this facility has earned respectable inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Short-term Care Quality

The final area we graded was short-term care. We awarded it a grade of C in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. With our short-term care score, we seek to create a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.

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, 5.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which have suffered falls resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 17.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term residents that are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 3.81% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 84.99% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 15.45% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 19.26% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 19.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Crowley County Nursing Center, 75.71% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.