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Sterling Living Center

Nursing Home
Home Health Agency

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1420 South 3rd Avenue,
Sterling CO 80751

(970) 522-2933

81.26% estimated occupancy ¹

Note: Sterling Living Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Sterling Living Center is located in Sterling, Colorado. It looks like this facility is a relatively poor nursing home. A score of this caliber indicates we found some red flags. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Sterling. The city has just one other nursing home. The only positive thing we can say about this facility is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. More information about its category grades is available below.

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
Dentistry
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we gave it a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This score is better than this facility's overall score. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Another red flag is that CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.

Nurse Quality

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of B-. Nursing scores are primarily tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This facility averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is not an impressive total. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home's next most favorable area turned out to be short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Our short-term care scores are arguably more critical for individuals in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we graded was long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in that category. In computing our long-term care ratings, we assess the facility's personal care services. After we finished assessing the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated only 89.08046 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Sterling Living Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Sterling Living Center, 3.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Sterling Living Center, 8.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This measures the percentage of long-term care residents who had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Sterling Living Center, 3.12% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of long-term care patients that experienced a UTI. UTI's could be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Sterling Living Center, 23.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Sterling Living Center, 9.2% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Sterling Living Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Sterling Living Center, 93.44% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Sterling Living Center, 7.56% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Sterling Living Center, 5.82% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Sterling Living Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Sterling Living Center, 5.82% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Sterling Living Center, 16.3% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Sterling Living Center, 85.23% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.