Parkmoor Village Healthcare Center
3625 Parkmoor Village Drive, Colorado Springs CO 80917 · (719) 550-0200 · 87.28% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Parkmoor Village Healthcare Center is a large facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some decent scores. Even in a city featuring 22 other nursing homes, this facility should be a respectable choice. The best part of this facility's profile is is its nursing score. We discuss nursing in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 125 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
The main thing salvaging this nursing home's profile is its elite nursing rating. We awarded this facility an A- in that category. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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 often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this facility a grade of B+ in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our more favorable scores. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is generally a fair measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place was respectable in this area with 47.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's inspection grade appears to be one of its best features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This indicates this facility dodged the more significant categories of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care, ended up being this facility's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in this category. This really is one of just a few weak links in a quality profile. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category may not provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other nursing homes offer. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 82.513664 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit lower than what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.58 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parkmoor Village Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better