Grace Manor Care Center
465 Fifth Street, Burlington CO 80807 · (719) 346-7512 · 63.86% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Grace Manor Care Center is in Burlington, Colorado, a city with 5,304 people. With an overall grade of B-, this is likely a decent nursing home. Based on our assessment, this nursing home should be a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this place's profile is its remarkable inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 44 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility really outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our highest grades in this category with an A+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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
Another one of this nursing home's more favorable category grades was in the category of long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. It actually outperformed most facilities in this area. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 67.54386 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a bit less than we expected but still a respectable figure. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. While it had 1.8 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most nursing homes since it had more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the category of short-term care, this nursing home received just a D in that area. Short-term care scores are meaningful for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area, with just 29.1 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our next category, we awarded this facility a D in the area of nursing. This was the nursing home's worst category score. Unfortunately, this category pulled down the nursing home's overall grade to some degree. In determining a facility's nursing rating, we look at the amount of time nurses spend with residents as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this facility also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home. This could be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these statistics pulled down this facility's nursing rating significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grace Manor Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better