Life Care Center of Westminster is a nursing home located in Westminster, Colorado, a city with a total of 49,261 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score in this range requires solid scores in most areas. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Westminster. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile is its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph
Life Care Center of Westminster
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really excelled in our short-term care rating, where it earned an A. Few facilities fared better in this category. Our short-term care scores are arguably more important for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing score consists of a handful of factors, most of which are tied to quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home 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 often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning a patient more frequently.
Does this page answer your questions about Life Care Center of Westminster?
Facility Inspections
Another strong feature for this nursing home is that it excelled in inspections, with a B in that category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. We weren't able to find deficiency data for this facility. Without deficiency data for this facility, it is a challenge to fully evaluate it in terms of this category.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was long-term care, is this facility's weakest category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in that category. This is one of the few dings in a strong profile. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent 24/7 care that some other facilities provide. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated only 87.449394 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Westminster Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 5.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 17.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 3.81% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 84.99% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 15.45% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 19.26% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 19.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is 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.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 12.03 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Life Care Center of Westminster, 75.71% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- North Suburban Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.02 miles away9191 Grant St Denver Colorado 80229Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 451-7800
- Lutheran Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.06 miles away8300 W 38th Ave Wheat Ridge Colorado 80033Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 425-4500
- Uchealth Broomfield HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.56 miles away11820 Destination Drive Broomfield Colorado 80021Proprietary(303) 460-6000
- Saint Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.58 miles away1375 E 19th Ave Denver Colorado 80218Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 812-2000
- Presbyterian St Lukes Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.71 miles away1719 E 19th Ave Denver Colorado 80218Government - State(303) 839-6000
- Denver Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.18 miles away777 Bannock St Denver Colorado 80204Government - State(303) 602-4930
- St Anthony North Health CampusAcute Care Hospitals 8.77 miles away14300 Orchard Pkwy Broomfield Colorado 80023Voluntary non-profit - Private(720) 627-0000
- National Jewish HealthAcute Care Hospitals 8.84 miles away1400 Jackson St Denver Colorado 80206Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 388-4461
Nearby Dialysis
- Kidney Center of Westminster (Ara)1.77 miles away8410 Decatur St Ste 200 Westminster Colorado 80031CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (303) 430-6518
- Arvada Dialysis Center (Dva)3.08 miles away9950 W 80th Ave Ste 25 Arvada Colorado 80005Dialysis Stations: 16 (303) 456-9556
- Thornton Dialysis (Dva)3.38 miles away8800 Fox Dr Denver Colorado 80260CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (303) 430-7020
- Kidney Center of Arvada (Ara)3.4 miles away5265 Vance St Arvada Colorado 80002CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 403-1127
- Thornton Kidney Center LLC (Ara)3.9 miles away8451 Pearl Street Denver Colorado 80229Dialysis Stations: 13 (303) 227-9981
- Kidney Center of Wheat Ridge (Ara)4.82 miles away6920 W 38th Ave Wheat Ridge Colorado 80033Dialysis Stations: 16 (303) 463-3041
- Kidney Center of Northridge (Ara)5.98 miles away1865 W 121st Ave, Ste 300c Denver Colorado 80234Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 429-9550
- Mile High Pd (Dva)6.41 miles away1750 Pierce St Ste A Denver Colorado 80214Dialysis Stations: 3 (303) 232-0939