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Pikes Peak Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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2719 North Union Blvd,
Colorado Springs CO 80909

(719) 636-1676

63.8% estimated occupancy 1

Pikes Peak Center is a very-large facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. Based on our analysis, there are certainly much worse places out there. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its strong nursing grade, which we will address in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to earning a great overall grade, this nursing home really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. When computing our nursing ratings, we assess both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a patient more often.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, we gave this facility a grade of B+ in our short-term care category. This happens to be one of our more impressive scores. Our short-term care ratings are critical for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. We believe that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last category we analyzed. It received an F in this area. Even with a few respectable grades in other categories, this score is still disappointing so we wanted to point it out. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated 73.73029 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a few points lower than what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this place actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Pikes Peak Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Pikes Peak Center, 6.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Pikes Peak Center, 0.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which had a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Pikes Peak Center, 1.06% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Pikes Peak Center, 28.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Pikes Peak Center, 8.52% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Pikes Peak Center, 7.54% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Pikes Peak Center, 82.55% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Pikes Peak Center, 25.97% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate erosion of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Pikes Peak Center, 23.06% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Pikes Peak Center, 0.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Pikes Peak Center, 23.06% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Pikes Peak Center, 68.29% of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Colorado Springs, 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

Looking for more options? Colorado Springs, Colorado has 19 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Centura Health-Penrose-St Francis Health ServicesAcute Care Hospitals 1.44 miles away2222 North Nevada Ave Colorado Springs Colorado 80907Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 776-5000
  • University Colo Health Memorial Hospital CentralAcute Care Hospitals 2.24 miles away1400 E Boulder St Colorado Springs Colorado 80909Government - Local(719) 365-5000
  • Uchealth Grandview HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.97 miles away5623 Pulpit Peak View Colorado Springs Colorado 80918Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 272-3623
  • Cedar Springs Behavioral Health SystemPsychiatric 4.95 miles away2135 Southgate Rd Colorado Springs Colorado 80906Proprietary(719) 633-4114
  • Uchealth Pikes Peak Regional HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.68 miles away16420 West Highway 24 Woodland Park Colorado 80863Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 687-9999

Nearby Dialysis

  • Liberty Dialysis Colorado Springs Central (Fmc)0.93 miles away1910 E Lelaray St Colorado Springs Colorado 80909CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (719) 380-4878
  • Pikes Peak Dialysis Center (Dva)0.94 miles away2002 Lelaray St Ste 130 Colorado Springs Colorado 80909CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (719) 471-4615
  • Printers Place Dialysis Center (Dva)3.04 miles away2802 International Cir Colorado Springs Colorado 80910Dialysis Stations: 16 (719) 630-0602
  • Liberty Dialysis - Colorado Springs South (Fmc)3.12 miles away2508 Airport Rd Colorado Springs Colorado 80909CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (719) 227-7455
  • Liberty Dialysis - Colorado Springs North (Fmc)3.49 miles away2180 Hollowbrook Dr Colorado Springs Colorado 80918CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (719) 593-2999
  • North Colorado Springs Dialysis (Dva)6.3 miles away6071 E Woodmen Rd Ste 100/120 Colorado Springs Colorado 80923Dialysis Stations: 15 (719) 638-1223

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