Sedgwick County Memorial Nursing Home

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901 Cedar Street, Julesburg CO 80737 · (970) 474-3323 · 93.12% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese

Sedgwick County Memorial Nursing Home is a small government-owned facility in Julesburg, Colorado. Featuring an overall score of B-, this looks like a decent nursing home. Based on our assessment, there are certainly far worse nursing homes out there. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.

Additional Details:

Accepts Medicare 1 : FalseUsed to indicate false.

Accepts Medicaid 1 : 32 Beds TrueA checkmark indicating true.

CCRC : FalseUsed to indicate false.

Government - County

Resident Council: TrueA checkmark indicating true.

Family Council: FalseUsed to indicate false.

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)

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Medical Staff
Therapy Staff

Facility Inspections

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While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report, which is still very impressive. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

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This facility also fared well in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a score of A- for that area, which is one of our highest grades. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 94.91525 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we assessed is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 1.96 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is close to average in this area.

Nurse Quality

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The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Our nursing grade looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of skill of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these datapoints. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed well in this subcategory.

Short-term Care Quality

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The final area we rated is short-term care, ended up being this facility's least impressive area. We gave this nursing home a D in that area. This is one of just a couple of weak links on a quality report card. In computing our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is typically a reliable assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics was damning for this nursing home's short-term care score.

Overall Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating

Sedgwick County Memorial Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Provider
A+
1.82%
State
B+
5.66%
National
B
7.32%

Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better

Minimizes Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.

Provider
F
11.86%
State
B
3.62%
National
B
3.36%

Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.

Provider
B+
1.69%
State
B+
2.02%
National
B
2.65%

Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Provider
A-
9.65%
State
B
14.8%
National
B
14.17%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Provider
B+
15.18%
State
A-
11.74%
National
B
19.66%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Managing Depression Among Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.

Provider
B+
1.09%
State
B
3.17%
National
B+
5.08%

Percent of Patients
Lower is Better

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Provider
B
97.46%
State
B-
86.68%
National
B
92.05%

Percent of Patients
Higher is Better

Residents Maintain Autonomy

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.

Provider
F
34.86%
State
B
14.22%
National
B
14.46%

Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.

Provider
A+
35.56%
State
B
16.77%
National
B
17.09%

Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better

Hospitalizations

Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Provider
F
1.96
State
A-
1.26
National
B
1.70

Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Provider
F
35.56
State
B
16.77
National
B
17.09

Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better

Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=06A173
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