Life Care Center of Westminster
7751 Zenobia Court, Westminster CO 80030 · (303) 412-9121 · 76.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Life Care Center of Westminster is in Westminster, Colorado. With an A overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the country. Based on our ratings, this facility is really as good as it gets. As you can see below, this place also performed well in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in our short-term care rating, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. This nursing home is above the national average both in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. The last item we assessed in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Colorado in this area with 71.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our nursing grade assesses several factors, most of which are associated with nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was above the national average. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Facility Inspections
Another quality feature of this nursing home is its inspection score. In that area, we awarded this nursing home an A. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we were not able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without having all of the deficiency data for this facility, it ended up being a challenge to fully grade it in the area of inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we rated was long-term care. We gave this facility one of our better grades in this category, with a B. While this wasn't as favorable as several of this facility's other scores, it is still an excellent grade. Facilities that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 94.25675 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Westminster Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered a fall resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may be a sign worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better