Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center is the lone facility we found in Gunnison, Colorado. After receiving an A overall grade, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the top 50 facilities in Colorado. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is really as good as it gets. Scroll down to see this facility's category grades, which also impressed us. You just can't do much better than a straight A report card.
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Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - County
Specialized Services
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home also earned excellent health inspections recently. We gave it one of our best scores in that area, with an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
Among its many high-end scores, this facility was given a top-shelf long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in this area. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
Compounding its remarkable resume, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A-. With our short-term care assessment, we seek to create a sound measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A-minus
Switching gears to the fourth area, this facility also performed admirably in the nursing category. We awarded it an A- in this area. This completed a straight A report card. Nursing ratings are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-plus
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 6.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: D
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 5.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A+
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 12.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 4.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: C
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 10.77% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 100% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 20.31% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 24.9% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: D
In Gunnison Valley Health Senior Care Center, 24.9% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Gunnison Valley HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.24 miles away711 North Taylor Street Gunnison Colorado 81230Government - Local(970) 641-1456
