The Healthcare Resort of Colorado Springs
2818 Grand Vista Circle, Colorado Springs CO 80904 · (719) 632-7000 · 75.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Healthcare Resort of Colorado Springs is located in the densely populated metropolitan area of Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. We were pleased to find out that this matched the average grade of facilities in Colorado Springs, which is one of the better cities in Colorado to find a nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 97 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home fared well in short-term care. We awarded it an impressive grade of A for that category. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. This nursing home is above the national average both in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility in the country in this area with 66.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection ratings are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's inspections. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. It does not look like we have deficiency data for this facility. Without having the deficiency related data for this nursing home, it was difficult to really grade it in terms of this category.
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+. When computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the number of hours nurses are seeing residents and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 5.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls which lead to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home in the state.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was this nursing home's poorest area. However, even in its worst category we still gave it a decent grade of C for our long-term care category. In calculating our long-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 91.91919 percent of its residents, which is a bit lower than we expected. Nevertheless, this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Healthcare Resort of Colorado Springs Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better