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Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center's website

2515 Pitman Place,
Pueblo CO 81004

(719) 564-0550

89.14% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center is one of nine nursing homes in Pueblo, Colorado. It looks like this facility is a relatively poor nursing home. A grade of this caliber indicates we found a few red flags. Based on our assessment, this place likely isn't the best fit for most people. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we gave this facility a weak overall score, we gave it a fairly respectable score in the category of inspections, where we gave it a B-. This was certainly better than its other categories. We believe that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the 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. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The second best area we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. The nursing grade consists of a handful of subcategories, however, the primary one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, our nursing scores also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next area we looked at is long-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable percentage. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 3.48% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 1.57% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 0.91% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. More frequent bathing reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 25.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 12.72% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 3.58% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 7.45% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 8.3% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who remained mobile levels. Some believe that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 8.3% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 13.56% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Rock Canyon Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, 89.76% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

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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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=065100