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Vista Grande Inn

  • Nursing Home
  • Assisted Living
  • Contracted Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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680 East Hospital Drive,
Cortez CO 81321

(970) 564-1122

60.69% estimated occupancy 1

Vista Grande Inn is a facility in Cortez, Colorado, which has 14,459 people. This facility received an overall grade of D in our grading scheme. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Cortez. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it an A for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid facilities with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without having complete deficiency related data for this nursing home, it is difficult to grade it in the inspections category.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility's long-term care grade is one of its higher features. The facility was given a grade of C in this area. In computing our long-term care grades, we analyze the assistance with daily living offered to a nursing home's patients. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 96.682465 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Additionally, we gave this facility an F in the area of short-term care. With our short-term care rating, we attempt to forge a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. With a score this poor for this category, we weren't shocked to learn this nursing home was well below average in multiple staffing areas we focus on. It offered significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar statistics was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Turning to the final category, this nursing home did not perform very well in this category either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in nursing, this is about as as uninspiring as it gets. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is not a very impressive figure. On top of receiving below average marks for nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and found that this nursing home was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this statistic.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Vista Grande Inn Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Vista Grande Inn, 9.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Vista Grande Inn, 2.84% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Vista Grande Inn, 1.47% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Vista Grande Inn, 15.64% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Vista Grande Inn, 14.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Vista Grande Inn, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Vista Grande Inn, 97.9% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Vista Grande Inn, 9.52% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Vista Grande Inn, 6.76% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Vista Grande Inn, 0.29 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Vista Grande Inn, 6.76% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A+

In Vista Grande Inn, 0% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Vista Grande Inn, 65.66% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Southwest Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.23 miles away1311 N Mildred Rd Cortez Colorado 81321Voluntary non-profit - Private(970) 565-6666

Nearby Dialysis

  • Four Corners Dialysis Clinic Cortez (Dva)0.8 miles away610 E Main Ste C Cortez Colorado 81321Dialysis Stations: 18 (970) 565-4302

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=065153