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Glenwood Springs Health Care

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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2305 Blake Avenue,
Glenwood Springs CO 81601

(970) 945-5476

80% estimated occupancy ¹

Glenwood Springs Health Care is located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, a city with 15,442 people. With a terrible overall grade of F, this nursing home isn't high on our list. This nursing home is really as bad as it gets. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

Specialized Services

Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

While we graded this place incredibly poorly overall, it earned a fairly impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility's second highest score is long-term care, but even there it received just a D in that area. This is still a relatively poor score. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 91.83674 percent of its residents, which is a bit lower than we were hoping for. To our surprise, this facility was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

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Nurse Quality

This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. Nursing scores are largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This facility performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

The next area we rated is short-term care, where this facility received a bottom of the barrel score in this category also. We gave it an F for this category, which is definitely very concerning. Our short-term care scores are important for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. As you might expect, we learned that this place offers significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Glenwood Springs Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 4.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 2.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 1.03% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 19.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 12.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 0.72% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 87.59% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 21.26% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 24.4% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 24.4% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 17.48% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Glenwood Springs Health Care, 67.67% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Valley View Hospital AssociationAcute Care Hospitals 0.24 miles away1906 Blake Ave Glenwood Springs Colorado 81601Voluntary non-profit - Private(970) 945-6535