Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is in Canon City, Colorado. This nursing home was given a quality overall rating of B+, which is better than many of the options in Canon City. You can definitely do much worse than this place. If you scroll down, you can see this place's category ratings, which are also strong.
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Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Nurse Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our nursing score is based on a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spent with residents. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given strong grades in the area of long-term care as well. In fact, we gave it one of our most dominant scores in that category with a score of A-. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our last category, this facility was awarded a high-end short-term care grade. This facility did not prove to have any weak links. Our short-term care ratings are likely most meaningful for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.75% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have sustained a fall which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 4.12% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which have experienced UTI's. While more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.04% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 99.66% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.82% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.44% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.24% 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 patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 74.73% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Canon City, CO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- 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 A-minus
Looking for more options? Canon City, Colorado has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Centura Health-St Thomas More HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.77 miles away1338 Phay Avenue Canon City Colorado 81212Voluntary non-profit - Private(719) 285-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Canon City Dialysis (Fmc)1.61 miles away2245 Fremont Dr Canon City Colorado 81212Dialysis Stations: 12 (719) 276-8404