Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home is a small non-profit facility located in Denver, Colorado. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of A-, making it ranked among the fifteen highest rated nursing homes in the city. This is just about as good of a place as you're going to find. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Aug 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
3629 West 29th Avenue,
Denver CO 80211
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- No Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
On the list of its many impressive scores, this facility was given a strong long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a score of A- in that category. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a great way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, 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 primarily based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 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 nursing home 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 often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category, this facility also was given a very strong short-term care grade, with a grade of B+. This rounded out a first-rate profile. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 2.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 7.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 5.71% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 4.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 13.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 3.08% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 100% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 15.94% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 20.88% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility. Many argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 20.88% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Scores for Denver, 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
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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