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Forest Ridge

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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16006 W Highway 24,
Woodland Park CO 80863

(719) 686-6500

89% estimated occupancy 1

Forest Ridge is a facility in Woodland Park, Colorado, a city with a total of 11,754 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is one of our more impressive scores. In our view, this facility should be a no brainer for most people. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Colorado badge

Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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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. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. It does not appear that we have deficiency data for this facility. Without deficiency related data for this nursing home, it was difficult to really grade the place in the area of inspections.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A. Our nursing rating consists of many factors, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Moving on our third area, we awarded this facility a grade of A- for its short-term care grade. This is a first-rate grade. In computing our short-term care scores, we assess a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is generally a meaningful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next category we looked at was long-term care, in which this facility received a B-. Although this ended up being its weakest category score, this is nevertheless not a bad grade. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinates 98.13433 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations 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.

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

Forest Ridge Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Forest Ridge, 5.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Forest Ridge, 4.1% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients who experienced falls which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Forest Ridge, 1.56% of Patients had UTIs

This figure measures the percent of long-term care residents who sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Forest Ridge, 20.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Forest Ridge, 5.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Forest Ridge, 1.95% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Forest Ridge, 98.33% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Forest Ridge, 21.16% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Forest Ridge, 16.81% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Forest Ridge, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Forest Ridge, 16.81% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Forest Ridge, 17.1% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Forest Ridge, 72.07% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Uchealth Pikes Peak Regional HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.04 miles away16420 West Highway 24 Woodland Park Colorado 80863Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 687-9999
  • Uchealth Grandview HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.58 miles away5623 Pulpit Peak View Colorado Springs Colorado 80918Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 272-3623
  • Centura Health-Penrose-St Francis Health ServicesAcute Care Hospitals 15.64 miles away2222 North Nevada Ave Colorado Springs Colorado 80907Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 776-5000
  • University Colo Health Memorial Hospital CentralAcute Care Hospitals 17.52 miles away1400 E Boulder St Colorado Springs Colorado 80909Government - Local(719) 365-5000
  • Cedar Springs Behavioral Health SystemPsychiatric 18.29 miles away2135 Southgate Rd Colorado Springs Colorado 80906Proprietary(719) 633-4114

Nearby Dialysis

  • Liberty Dialysis - Colorado Springs North (Fmc)15.99 miles away2180 Hollowbrook Dr Colorado Springs Colorado 80918CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (719) 593-2999
  • Liberty Dialysis Colorado Springs Central (Fmc)17.23 miles away1910 E Lelaray St Colorado Springs Colorado 80909CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (719) 380-4878
  • Pikes Peak Dialysis Center (Dva)17.29 miles away2002 Lelaray St Ste 130 Colorado Springs Colorado 80909CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (719) 471-4615
  • Printers Place Dialysis Center (Dva)18.49 miles away2802 International Cir Colorado Springs Colorado 80910Dialysis Stations: 16 (719) 630-0602
  • Liberty Dialysis - Colorado Springs South (Fmc)18.74 miles away2508 Airport Rd Colorado Springs Colorado 80909CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (719) 227-7455
  • North Colorado Springs Dialysis (Dva)19.39 miles away6071 E Woodmen Rd Ste 100/120 Colorado Springs Colorado 80923Dialysis Stations: 15 (719) 638-1223