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Pine Ridge Extended Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Pine Ridge Extended Care Center's website

119 Bastille Drive,
Pagosa Springs CO 81147

(970) 731-4330

81.83% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Pine Ridge Extended Care Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Pine Ridge Extended Care Center is a small facility in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Featuring an overall score of D, this is a relatively poor facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Pagosa Springs. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Individual
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

Although we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall grade, it earned a respectable government inspection report this year. It received a decent grade in this category with a score of B-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Nurse Quality

We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Nursing grades are largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared with most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care offered.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facilities next best category was short-term care. We awarded it a B- in this category. This is basically a slightly below average score in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

Long-term Care Quality

The last category we rated was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in that area. This is a decent grade in this category. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Pine Ridge Extended Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 1.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 1.16% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 0.63% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents which have suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 22.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 8.77% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 3.53% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 99.4% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 9.82% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 6.59% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 0.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 6.59% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 24.19% of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Pine Ridge Extended Care Center, 85.69% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

Pagosa Springs Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.3 miles away95 South Pagosa Boulevard Pagosa Springs Colorado 81147Government - Hospital District or Authority(970) 731-3700