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Uptown Health Care Center

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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Uptown Health Care Center's website

745 East 18th Avenue,
Denver CO 80203

(303) 860-0500

92.02% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Denver, Colorado, Uptown Health Care Center is just one of 26 nursing homes located in the city. This turns out to be a grade A facility, which is a truly elite score. Based on the data we reviewed, you can not go wrong with this place. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed well in our category scores. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Colorado badge

Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also fared well in our long-term care category, where it received an impressive grade of A. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 92.95775 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly less than we expected but still a respectable percentage. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. The nursing grade features many factors. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Tallying another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an impressive grade of A-. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Turning to the final area, this facility was given a very strong short-term care grade. We gave it a grade of B+ in that area, finishing off one of our more impressive profiles. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18May 23

Uptown Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Uptown Health Care Center, 5.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Uptown Health Care Center, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients that had a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Uptown Health Care Center, 2.04% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Uptown Health Care Center, 17.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Uptown Health Care Center, 12.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Uptown Health Care Center, 3.91% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Uptown Health Care Center, 84.62% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Uptown Health Care Center, 15.34% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Uptown Health Care Center, 16.01% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Uptown Health Care Center, 16.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Scores for Denver, 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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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Lowry Dialysis Center (Dva)4.48 miles away7465 E 1st Ave Ste A Denver Colorado 80230CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (303) 367-0946
  • Mile High Pd (Dva)4.97 miles away1750 Pierce St Ste A Denver Colorado 80214Dialysis Stations: 3 (303) 232-0939
  • Lakewood Dialysis (Dva)4.97 miles away1750 Pierce St Denver Colorado 80214CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (303) 238-6111

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=065311