Health Center at Franklin Park
1535 Park Avenue, Denver CO 80218 · (303) 832-9323 · 84.53% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Health Center at Franklin Park is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Denver, Colorado. We awarded this facility an overall grade of A+. As a result, it is among the highest graded nursing homes in Denver, which offers plenty of very good facilities. In our view, this place is a no brainer for most people. This also ended up being a very consistent facility with consistent scores in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 86 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. When calculating our nursing ratings, we analyze both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Approximately one quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics exceed the national average. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls leading to serious injury, this facility performed better than the national average. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few places to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This is based on the facility's inspections. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we have deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its high-end assessment, this facility also received a dominant long-term care score, with a grade of A. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 94.699646 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. This facility was also able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.3 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a significantly lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final area, this nursing home also was given an excellent short-term care rating, with an A-. This completed a very impressive report card. Short-term care grades are commonly used to score a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Health Center at Franklin Park Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better