Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness's website

3128 Boxelder Drive,
Cheyenne WY 82001

(307) 634-7901

77.94% estimated occupancy ¹

Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness is a large nursing home located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. With a rock bottom overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Cheyenne. The city has just two other nursing homes. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection grade. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category grades

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Although we graded this place incredibly poorly overall, it actually earned a relatively impressive government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our more favorable grades in that area with a B+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively minor. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D. Our nursing rating assesses several datapoints, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This place performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

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Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's second lowest category was long-term care, where it earned a grade of just D in that category. This is a relatively poor score. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 99.047615 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable percentage. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.

Short-term Care Quality

The last category we analyzed was short-term care, which was this nursing home's least impressive area. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in that area. In our short-term care score, we strive to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 6.07% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 4.84% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 3.68% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 18.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 14.81% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 5.34% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 95.12% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 15.53% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 18.85% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 1.07 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 18.85 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 10.57 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Granite Rehabilitation and Wellness, 76.64% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Cheyenne Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.12 miles away214 East 23rd Street Cheyenne Wyoming 82001Voluntary non-profit - Other(307) 633-7600