Mapleton Care Center turns out to be one of 26 nursing homes located in Denver, Colorado. This city has far more facilities than most other areas in the state. This nursing home was given a phenomenal overall score of A, outpacing the average nursing home in Denver by a wide margin. This truly is impressive given that the city has plenty of quality nursing homes. We could not find many negative things to say about this facility. Its scores are as good as they get. One of the best aspects of this facility's exemplary report card is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Mapleton Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving an elite overall rating, this nursing home also received an A+ inspection score. This grade is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can offer a facility. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This top notch nursing home also excelled in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 95.180725 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final category, this facility also performed well in our short-term care category. We gave it a B+ for this category. This wrapped up a very impressive report card. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mapleton Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mapleton Care Center, 5.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mapleton Care Center, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mapleton Care Center, 2.04% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which sustained UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mapleton Care Center, 17.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients which were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mapleton Care Center, 12.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mapleton Care Center, 3.91% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mapleton Care Center, 84.62% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mapleton Care Center, 15.34% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mapleton Care Center, 16.01% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mapleton Care Center, 16.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
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-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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