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Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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1425 Belmont Dr,
Longmont CO 80503

(303) 772-9292

90.83% estimated occupancy ¹

Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses, is located in Longmont, Colorado. The city has 117,461 people. This nursing home received a very impressive overall grade of A-, resulting in it being one of the top three nursing homes in the city. This is just about as good of a nursing home as you'll find. As you will see below, this facility also performed well in our category ratings. It is hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
No Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
Non profit - Corporation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Longmont, Colorado Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

On top of performing well overall, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. Inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down deficiency counts 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 strong resume, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 98.83041 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing score is based on numerous factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

In the last category we graded, this nursing home was given a very strong grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home finished off a very strong report card. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this facility submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses, Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 11.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that sustained falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 1.85% of Patients had UTIs

This measures the percent of long-term care residents who experienced urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 15.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 13.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term residents that were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 2.99% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are showing signs of depression. Many would argue that this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 99.42% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 15.93% 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 Katherine and Charles Hover Green Houses,, 28.52% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Some argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.