Fowler Health Care

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Fowler Health Care's website

221 2nd Street,
Fowler CO 81039

(719) 263-4234

74.44% estimated occupancy ¹

Fowler Health Care is located in Fowler, Colorado. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this nursing home should work for most people. You can definitely do much worse than this nursing home. We also gave this facility phenomenal ratings in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Pain Management

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Long-term Care Quality

On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in long-term care, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.5 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia can be a life or death health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A-. In computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 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 facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

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Facility Inspections

Adding yet another impressive category grade, we awarded this facility a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. 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.

Short-term Care Quality

Turning to the fourth area, this nursing home was given a high-end short-term care grade. This nursing home did not end up having any weak spots. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is more often than not a fair assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Fowler Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Fowler Health Care, 5.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who 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 known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Fowler Health Care, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Fowler Health Care, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Fowler Health Care, 17.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Fowler Health Care, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who are given antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Fowler Health Care, 3.81% of Patients

This is the percent of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may indicate lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Fowler Health Care, 84.99% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Fowler Health Care, 15.45% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Fowler Health Care, 19.26% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Fowler Health Care, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.