The Green House Homes at Mirasol

In addition to faring well overall, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with a grade of A+. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. We analyzed the licensure of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in computing our score in this area. This facility boasts a really impressive 5.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, of which a significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With under 5 percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any facility Colorado in this category. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Many pressure ulcers can be prevented by offering better nursing care and a system of turning patients at least once a day.

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent long-term care grade, with a grade of A. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. This nursing home's vaccination data weren't as favorable as its nursing hours. It administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 88.44621 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement in this area next year. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Turning to the next category, this facility also performed well in our short-term care category. We gave it a B+ in that area. This topped off a first-rate report card. In determining our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is often a useful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it provided much more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.