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Fowler Health Care

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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221 2nd Street,
Fowler CO 81039

(719) 263-4234

83.33% estimated occupancy 1

Fowler Health Care is located in Fowler, Colorado. Sporting an overall rating of A-, this nursing home is among the higher-graded nursing homes we assessed. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to be a great choice for most people. This facility also received strong ratings in each of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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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

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. We assessed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses worked with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively 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.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Contributing to its first-rate assessment, this nursing home also was given a strong long-term care grade, with a score of A-. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to our last category, this facility was awarded an extremely favorable short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a B+ in that area, completing one of our more impressive profiles. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most important for people in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Fowler Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In Fowler Health Care, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Fowler Health Care, 2.36% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which had a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Fowler Health Care, 3.94% of Patients had UTIs

This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who experienced a urinary tract infection. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Fowler Health Care, 5.88% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Fowler Health Care, 5.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Fowler Health Care, 0% of Patients

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

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Fowler Health Care, 98.53% 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

Grade: A

In Fowler Health Care, 9.02% 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

Grade: C

In Fowler Health Care, 9.78% 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

Grade: A-plus

In Fowler Health Care, 0.22 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.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Fowler Health Care, 9.78% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.