Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
3629 West 29th Avenue,
Denver CO 80211
85.23% estimated occupancy 1
With an address in Denver, Colorado, Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home is on a list of 43 nursing homes in the city. We gave this nursing home a strong overall score of A+. As a matter of fact, it turned out to be the best facility in Denver according to our rankings. Based on our assessment, this nursing home should be a great choice for most people. Headlining this facility's remarkable profile is its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. Unfortunately, it does not look like we have deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
This first-rate facility also performed well in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A+. Few facilities fared better in this category. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. On top of providing elite levels of nurse staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.32886 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. The nursing rating analyzes many components, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provides an incredible 5.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Out of that total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of care, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality measures we looked at. With under 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place the country in this category.
The fourth category we looked at is short-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of A-. This completed a very favorable profile. Very few facilities received an A- or better in every category. Our short-term care grade is typically used to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 5.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 3.41% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 2.12% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 17.3% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. 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 cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 12.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 3.71% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 85.88% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 15.2% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 20.54% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 1.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
In Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home, 20.54 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
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