Life Care Center of Evergreen

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Life Care Center of Evergreen's website

2987 Bergen Peak Drive,
Evergreen CO 80439

(303) 674-4500

46.58% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Evergreen, Colorado, Life Care Center of Evergreen is the lone nursing home we were able to find in the area. This proved to be an A rated facility. This facility received one of the most impressive scores that we offer. A score of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top ten percentile of all facilities in the nation. Headlining this facility's remarkable profile is its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.

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
Offers Outpatient 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
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

On top of performing well overall, this facility earned nearly flawless government inspections. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. We weren't able to locate deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

To complement its strong assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care rating. In determining our short-term care ratings, we size up a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is generally a meaningful measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

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Nurse Quality

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Nursing scores are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

In the final category we scored, this facility was awarded a very favorable grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a straight A report card. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Life Care Center of Evergreen Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 5.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 17.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 3.81% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 84.99% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 15.45% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 19.26% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 1.08 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 19.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 12.03 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Life Care Center of Evergreen, 75.71% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Orthocolorado Hospital at St Anthony Med CampusAcute Care Hospitals 12.62 miles away11650 West 2nd Place Denver Colorado 80228Proprietary(720) 321-5000
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.67 miles away11600 West 2nd Plc Denver Colorado 80228Voluntary non-profit - Church(720) 321-0000
Lutheran Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.93 miles away8300 W 38th Ave Wheat Ridge Colorado 80033Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 425-4500
Swedish Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.83 miles away501 E Hampden Ave Englewood Colorado 80113Proprietary(303) 788-5000
Denver Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.9 miles away777 Bannock St Denver Colorado 80204Government - State(303) 602-4930

Nearby Dialysis

West Lakewood Dialysis Center (Dva)12.04 miles away11700 W 2nd Pl, Ste 325 Denver Colorado 80228Dialysis Stations: 14 (303) 987-4672
Kidney Center of Bear Creek (Ara)12.44 miles away11058 West Jewell Ave Denver Colorado 80232Dialysis Stations: 15 (303) 233-4204
Southwest Denver Dialysis (Dva)14.18 miles away8601 W Cross Dr Suite c2 Littleton Colorado 80123Dialysis Stations: 8 (303) 933-2367
Lakewood Crossing Dialysis (Dva)14.68 miles away1057 S Wadsworth Blvd Ste 100 Denver Colorado 80226Dialysis Stations: 22 (720) 962-6199
Kidney Center of Lakewood (Ara)15.79 miles away6166 W Alameda Ave Denver Colorado 80226Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 922-6371
Lakewood Dialysis (Dva)16.1 miles away1750 Pierce St Denver Colorado 80214CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (303) 238-6111
Mile High Pd (Dva)16.1 miles away1750 Pierce St Ste A Denver Colorado 80214Dialysis Stations: 3 (303) 232-0939
Kidney Center of Wheat Ridge (Ara)16.65 miles away6920 W 38th Ave Wheat Ridge Colorado 80033Dialysis Stations: 16 (303) 463-3041