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Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation

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Updated May 1, 2020 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
Oct 18: B+Nov 18: B+Dec 18: B+Jan 19: BFeb 19: BMar 19: BApr 19: B+May 19: B+Jun 19: B+Jul 19: AAug 19: ASep 19: AJan 20: AMar 20: AApr 20: AMay 20: A
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Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation's website

1610 Scranton Avenue,
Pueblo CO 81004

Note: Data for Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation has not been updated recently. This page shows historical performance which may not be representitive of current service levels.

Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation is one of nine available nursing homes in Pueblo, Colorado. With an overall score of A, this facility is in a different league than most of the nursing homes in Pueblo. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a no brainer for just about anybody. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also impressive. It is hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Lymphedema Care

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best scores in that area, with an A. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to track down deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Compounding its first-rate performance in other areas, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its short-term care score. In determining our short-term care scores, we analyze a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is frequently a meaningful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The fourth area we looked at is long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B+. This completed a first-rate report card. Not many facilities received a B+ or higher in each of our categories. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 7.14% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 41.9% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 11.43% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents showing depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 100% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 16.19% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 15.88% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 15.88% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is 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

Grade: D

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 17.13% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Riverwalk Post Acute and Rehabilitation, 79.22% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.

Scores for Pueblo, CO

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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