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Sierra Vista Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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821 Duffield Court,
Loveland CO 80537

(970) 669-0345

70.9% estimated occupancy 1

Sierra Vista Healthcare Center is a nursing home in Loveland, Colorado, which has a population of 82,751 people. This is a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our analysis, this facility ought to meet the needs of most people. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its nursing grade, which you can find in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Hemodialysis
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

To go along with its strong overall score, this nursing home earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a quality score in this area. When calculating our nursing ratings, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning residents more often.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this nursing home earned excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that category, with an B+. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Additionally, this nursing home also was given favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. In fact, we awarded them one of our stronger grades in that area, with a grade of B+. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 88.014984 percent of its patients. This is somewhat lower than we expected. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The final category we scored was short-term care. This facility was awarded a grade of B- in this category. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most critical for people in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Sierra Vista Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 4.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents who developed pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 3.75% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 0.81% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care residents who have suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 32.53% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term care residents which were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 17.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 9.69% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 91.12% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 8.07% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 3.29% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 3.29% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 3.95% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, 86.05% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mckee Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.23 miles away2000 Boise Ave Loveland Colorado 80538Voluntary non-profit - Private(970) 669-4640
  • Medical Center of the RockiesAcute Care Hospitals 4.89 miles away2500 Rocky Mountain Avenue Loveland Colorado 80538Voluntary non-profit - Private(970) 624-2500
  • Banner Fort Collins Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.35 miles away4700 Lady Moon Drive Fort Collins Colorado 80528Voluntary non-profit - Other(970) 821-4000
  • Poudre Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.09 miles away1024 S Lemay Ave Fort Collins Colorado 80524Voluntary non-profit - Private(970) 495-7000
  • Longmont United HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.25 miles away1950 Mountain View Ave Longmont Colorado 80501Voluntary non-profit - Private(303) 651-5111

Nearby Dialysis

  • Loveland Dialysis (Fmc)1.9 miles away2940 Ginnala Dr Loveland Colorado 80538CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (970) 663-9155
  • Loveland Central Dialysis (Dva)2.36 miles away1453 N Denver Ave Loveland Colorado 80538Dialysis Stations: 12 (970) 663-4607
  • Northern Colorado Home Therapy Dialysis (Fmc)5.06 miles away5285 Mcwhinney Blvd #190 Loveland Colorado 80538Dialysis Stations: 4 (970) 667-0596
  • Northern Colorado Kidney Center (Fmc)11.32 miles away2107 S. Timberline Rd Fort Collins Colorado 80525Dialysis Stations: 20 (970) 482-2161
  • Davita Fort Collins Dialysis11.7 miles away1601 Prospect Parkway Suite 180 Fort Collins Colorado 80525Dialysis Stations: 13 (970) 493-0753
  • Kidney Center on Main (Ara)15.7 miles away2144 Main St Ste 2 Longmont Colorado 80501Dialysis Stations: 14 (303) 485-8911
  • Longmont Dialysis (Dva)15.74 miles away1715 Iron Horse Dr Ste 170 Longmont Colorado 80501Dialysis Stations: 18 (303) 485-4084
  • Kidney Center of Longmont (Ara)17.93 miles away1960 Ken Pratt Blvd Ste A Longmont Colorado 80501Dialysis Stations: 20 (303) 485-7100