Mountain Vista Health Center is a large non-profit nursing home located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A score of this caliber requires some decent scores. You could definitely do worse than this facility. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's report card is its strong nursing rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Mountain Vista Health Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To go along with its decent overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our nursing rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our nursing rating consists of a handful of factors, but the most important consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility 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 state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a resident even once per day.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's second best category is inspections. In that area, we gave this facility a B. It actually outperformed most facilities in this category. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given an impressive score in our short-term care category. We awarded this nursing home a better than average grade of B in that area. Our short-term care grade is often employed to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D for long-term care. This is the nursing home's weakest category rating. Naturally, this category hurt the nursing home's overall profile to a certain degree. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.17127 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mountain Vista Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 5.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 3.47% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 2.14% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 17.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 12.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 3.81% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 84.99% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 15.45% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 19.26% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 19.26 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mountain Vista Health Center, 75.71% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
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- Orthocolorado Hospital at St Anthony Med CampusAcute Care Hospitals 4.68 miles away11650 West 2nd Place Denver Colorado 80228Proprietary(720) 321-5000
- Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.68 miles away11600 West 2nd Plc Denver Colorado 80228Voluntary non-profit - Church(720) 321-0000
- Denver Health Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.48 miles away777 Bannock St Denver Colorado 80204Government - State(303) 602-4930
- Uchealth Broomfield HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.84 miles away11820 Destination Drive Broomfield Colorado 80021Proprietary(303) 460-6000
- Saint Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.88 miles away1375 E 19th Ave Denver Colorado 80218Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 812-2000
- Presbyterian St Lukes Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.13 miles away1719 E 19th Ave Denver Colorado 80218Government - State(303) 839-6000
- North Suburban Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.46 miles away9191 Grant St Denver Colorado 80229Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 451-7800
Nearby Dialysis
- Kidney Center of Arvada (Ara)2.8 miles away5265 Vance St Arvada Colorado 80002CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 403-1127
- Kidney Center of Wheat Ridge (Ara)3.25 miles away6920 W 38th Ave Wheat Ridge Colorado 80033Dialysis Stations: 16 (303) 463-3041
- Arvada Dialysis Center (Dva)4.01 miles away9950 W 80th Ave Ste 25 Arvada Colorado 80005Dialysis Stations: 16 (303) 456-9556
- Mile High Pd (Dva)4.23 miles away1750 Pierce St Ste A Denver Colorado 80214Dialysis Stations: 3 (303) 232-0939
- Lakewood Dialysis (Dva)4.23 miles away1750 Pierce St Denver Colorado 80214CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (303) 238-6111
- West Lakewood Dialysis Center (Dva)4.66 miles away11700 W 2nd Pl, Ste 325 Denver Colorado 80228Dialysis Stations: 14 (303) 987-4672
- Kidney Center of Lakewood (Ara)6.29 miles away6166 W Alameda Ave Denver Colorado 80226Dialysis Stations: 21 (303) 922-6371
- Lakewood Crossing Dialysis (Dva)6.6 miles away1057 S Wadsworth Blvd Ste 100 Denver Colorado 80226Dialysis Stations: 22 (720) 962-6199