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The Valley Inn

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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211 3rd Avenue,
Mancos CO 81328

(970) 533-9031

94.33% estimated occupancy ¹

The Valley Inn is a facility in Mancos, Colorado. The city has 4,069 people. This is a grade A facility, which is a phenomenal grade. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the country. This facility also received phenomenal scores in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned a very impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections turned out to be its best category. In this category, we gave this facility an A. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. It does not look like we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

On the list of its many high-end grades, this nursing home received an excellent long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- in that area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.492386 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home also performed well in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes fared better in this area. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to offer high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

The final area we looked at is nursing, where this facility was given a grade of B+. This completed a very strong profile. Not many facilities earned a B+ or better in every single category. Our nursing score focuses on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a patient more often.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

The Valley Inn Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In The Valley Inn, 3.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In The Valley Inn, 3.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which have had falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In The Valley Inn, 1.22% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In The Valley Inn, 27.92% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In The Valley Inn, 26.02% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In The Valley Inn, 4.12% of Patients

This is the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may reveal a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In The Valley Inn, 98.82% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In The Valley Inn, 14.74% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In The Valley Inn, 9.31% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In The Valley Inn, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In The Valley Inn, 9.31% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In The Valley Inn, 11.15% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In The Valley Inn, 70.95% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Southwest Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.48 miles away1311 N Mildred Rd Cortez Colorado 81321Voluntary non-profit - Private(970) 565-6666