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Western Hills Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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1625 Carr Street,
Denver CO 80214

(303) 232-6881

62.85% estimated occupancy 1

Western Hills Health Care Center is in Denver, Colorado. This city is among the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation with has a total of 958,706 people. We gave this facility an extremely impressive overall grade of A-. Consequently, it is ranked among the highest graded nursing homes in Denver. This is impressive since the city features some quality nursing homes. Denver has a double digit count of other nursing homes, however, we doubt you will need to visit too many others. This one looks like a high quality option. As you will find below, this place also performed just fine in our category grades. It's hard to find any major flaws in this place'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 Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2020

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Top Nursing Home in Colorado Awards 2021

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing rating. Our nursing rating consists of several subcategories, most of which are based on nursing hours. 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 place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

To complement its strong assessments in other areas, we gave this facility a grade of A- for our short-term care rating. Short-term care grades are generally employed to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Tallying yet another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last category we rated was long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. Believe it or not, this turned out to be this facility's worst area. A nursing home is doing something right when it's worst grade still rates higher than most facilities. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.672134 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a deadly condition for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Western Hills Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 4.06% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who suffered from 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: A-minus

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 1.64% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 0.34% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic can also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 9.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some cases, 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

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 11.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents which were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 6.08% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 96.69% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 19.13% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 27.46% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Many argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 27.46% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 17.19% of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Western Hills Health Care Center, 78.62% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.

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
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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Nearby Dialysis

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