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Denver Sunset Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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235 North Mill Street,
Denver IA 50622

(319) 984-5372

80% estimated occupancy 1

Denver Sunset Home is in Denver, Iowa, a city with a total of 3,206 people. After receiving an overall grade of A, this nursing home is ranked among the best facilities we found. You simply can not do much better than this place. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also quite good. It is hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.

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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
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing score is largely tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home 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 nursing home 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 frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The third area we assessed is short-term care. Adding to its superb resume, this facility also excelled in that area. In fact, it received a of A- for the category. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Switching gears to our final area, this facility was awarded a strong long-term care rating. We awarded it a grade of B+ in that area, rounding out one of our more impressive profiles. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After we finished assessing the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Denver Sunset Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Denver Sunset Home, 2.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Denver Sunset Home, 3.45% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Denver Sunset Home, 6.17% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who had a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Denver Sunset Home, 25.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Denver Sunset Home, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Denver Sunset Home, 0% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents showing depressive symptoms. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Denver Sunset Home, 100% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Denver Sunset Home, 17.57% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Denver Sunset Home, 19.36% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Denver Sunset Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Denver Sunset Home, 19.36% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Denver Sunset Home, 72.72% of Resident

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

Nearby Hospitals

  • Waverly Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 8.17 miles away312 9th Street Sw Waverly Iowa 50677Government - Local(319) 352-4120
  • Allen HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.29 miles away1825 Logan Avenue Waterloo Iowa 50703Voluntary non-profit - Private(319) 235-3941
  • Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.51 miles away515 College Street Cedar Falls Iowa 50613Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 268-3000
  • Mercyone Waterloo Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.58 miles away3421 West Ninth Street Waterloo Iowa 50702Voluntary non-profit - Church(319) 272-8000
  • Community Memorial Hospital Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 16.56 miles away909 West First Street Sumner Iowa 50674Voluntary non-profit - Private(563) 578-3275

Nearby Dialysis

  • Cedar Valley Waverly Dialysis8.27 miles away220 10th Street Sw Waverly Iowa 50677Dialysis Stations: 16 (319) 226-6425
  • Cedar Valley Dialysis Center14.42 miles away1661 W. Ridgeway Waterloo Iowa 50701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (319) 226-6425
  • Black Hawk Dialysis14.56 miles away3421 W 9th St Waterloo Iowa 50702Dialysis Stations: 18 (319) 272-8700

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=165603