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Life Care Center of Aurora

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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14101 East Evans Avenue,
Aurora CO 80014

(303) 751-2000

55.42% estimated occupancy 1

Life Care Center of Aurora is a large nursing home located in Aurora, Colorado. We gave this facility a very respectable overall rating of B+. After analyzing the other nursing homes in Aurora, this seems to be a better option than most of them. You could definitely do much worse than this facility. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which we will address in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Aurora, Colorado badge

Best Nursing Home in Aurora, Colorado Awards 2020

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned an A+ in short-term care. Our short-term care scores are vital for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing ratings are primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving patients more often.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final area we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home was given a very good long-term care rating this year, with a C. While this wasn't quite as impressive as some of its other grades, this is nevertheless a respectable grade for that category. Our long-term care grades are based in part on the facility's volume of nursing care. This includes a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine medical services. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 93.181816 percent of its patients. This is somewhat less than we expected but still a respectable figure. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Life Care Center of Aurora Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 6.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 4.92% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients who have suffered a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 0.38% of Patients had UTIs

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 13.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 7.14% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 10.83% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting signs of depression. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 89% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 21.85% of Patients

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

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 24.83% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 24.83% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 12.45% of Patients

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.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Life Care Center of Aurora, 68.93% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Aurora, CO

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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Nearby Hospitals

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • East Aurora Dialysis (Dva)2.16 miles away482 S Chambers Rd Aurora Colorado 80017CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (303) 696-1137
  • South Denver Dialysis (Fmc)2.96 miles away3410 S Galena St Suite 100 Denver Colorado 80231Dialysis Stations: 13 (303) 671-2419
  • Sable Dialysis (Dva)3.28 miles away509 N Sable Blvd Aurora Colorado 80011CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (303) 366-9458
  • Northeast Denver Dialysis (Fkc)3.55 miles away590 Laredo St Aurora Colorado 80017Dialysis Stations: 17 (303) 344-8704
  • Aurora Dialysis (Fmc)3.76 miles away962 Potomac Cir Aurora Colorado 80011Dialysis Stations: 24 (303) 340-1398
  • The Childrens Hospital Kidney Ctr.4.51 miles away13123 E 16th Ave #328 Aurora Colorado 80045Dialysis Stations: 9 (720) 777-6263
  • University of Co Hospital - Home Dialysis4.55 miles away12605 E. 16th Ave Aurora Colorado 80045Dialysis Stations: 6 (720) 848-3102