Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community is an average-sized nursing home located in Aurora, Colorado. Sporting an overall rating of B+, this nursing home should work for most people. You could certainly do much worse than this place. We were also pleased to find that this place didn't have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
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Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless inspections recently. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to resident safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's quality category grades came in the category of short-term care. We gave them one of our stronger scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to score a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. We were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. The nursing rating is based on a handful of datapoints, however, the most important one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was long-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of B-. This actually ended up being this facility's weakest category. This is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. One of the data points we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. Thankfully, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. This facility also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 1.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 1.43% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 9.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 1.95% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 0.59% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 99.73% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 9.9% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 6.57% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 6.57% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 9.66% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Summit Rehabilitation and Care Community, 67.58% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Aurora, CO
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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