LIFE CARE CENTER OF COLORADO SPRINGS - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

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Address

2490 INTERNATIONAL CIRCLE
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, 80910

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (719) 630-8888

Number of Certified Beds: 121
Total Number of Residents: 99
Percent of Occupied Beds: 82%
Sprinkler Status: Fully Sprinklered
Program Participation: Medicare and Medicaid
Type of Ownership: For profit - Limited liability company
Located Within a Hospital?: No
Multi Nursing Home Ownership?: No
Resident and Family Councils: Both
Continuing Care Retirement Community?: Yes
Quality Indicator Survey?: Yes
Special Focus Facility?: No
Type: Skilled Nursing Facilities

Overall Star Rating: 3 Stars
Health Inspections Star Rating: 2 Stars
Nurse Staffing Star Rating: 4 Stars
Quality Measures Star Rating: 3 Stars
RN Only Star Rating: 4 Stars

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Administrative Staff - Full Time: 4.77
Certified Nurse Aides - Full Time: 55.00
Certified Nurse Aides - Part Time: 6.09
Food Service Personnel - Full Time: 8.94
Food Service Personnel - Part Time: 3.43
Housekeeping Personnel - Full Time: 9.86
Licensed Practical/ Vocational Nurses - Full Time: 20.04
Licensed Practical/ Vocational Nurses - Part Time: 2.90
Medical Directors - Under Contract: 0.09
Nurses With Administrative Duties - Full Time: 3.67
Persons Not Included In Any Other Categories - Full Time: 4.90
Registered Nurses - Full Time: 8.79
Rn Director Of Nursing - Full Time: 1.23
Social Workers - Full Time: 1.23
Activities Professionals - Full Time: 1.23
Occupational Therapists - Part Time: 0.14
Other Physicians - Under Contract: 0.50
Physician Extenders - Under Contract: 0.57
Dietitians - Full Time: 1.23
Sppech Pathologists - Full Time: 1.01
Persons Not Included In Any Other Categories - Part Time: 1.79
Registered Nurses - Part Time: 0.81
Housekeeping Personnel - Part Time: 1.83
Occupational Therapists - Full Time: 3.41
Physical Therapists - Full Time: 5.67
Occupational Therapy Assistants - Full Time: 3.13
Certified Nurse Aides - Under Contract: 0.04

Provided Services

Activities Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Clinical Laboratory Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Dental Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Dental Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Diagnostic Xray Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Diagnostic Xray Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Dietary Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Housekeeping Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Mental Health Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Nursing Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Occupational Therapy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Pharmacy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physical Therapy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physician Extender Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physician Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Podiatry Services Are Provided Offsite To Residents
Podiatry Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Social Work Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Speech/Language Pathology Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.840
State:	0.914

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.050
Colorado:	0.722

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.890
Colorado:	1.632

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.330
State:	0.109

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.330
Colorado:	0.118

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

Here:	18.0%
State:	15.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	9.5%
Colorado:	12.4%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

Here:	8.1%
Colorado:	5.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	6.0%
State:	7.7%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

Here:	93.8%
State:	46.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

Here:	5.7%
Colorado:	5.4%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	13.4%
Colorado:	7.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	2.9%
State:	7.1%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

This Nursing Home:	5.9%
State:	4.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	95.5%
State:	91.9%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	88.2%
Colorado:	91.4%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	17.8%
Colorado:	24.1%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	90.1%
State:	83.9%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	84.3%
State:	78.2%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	2.8%
State:	2.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	14.5%
State:	20.4%

Complaint Deficiency

Portable fire extinguishers: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A separate and independent backup electrical power source: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper backup exit lighting: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Back-up procedures in place for a faulty automatic sprinkler system: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give each resident a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that each resident gets a nutritional and well balanced diet, unless it is not possible to do so: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Offer other nutritional food to each resident who will not eat the food served: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Restrictions on the use of highly flammable materials: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure each resident has the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules and health care according to his or her interests, assessment, and plan of care: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that residents receive treatment/services to not only continue, but improve the ability to care for themselves: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly protected cooking facilities: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

HEALTHSOUTH HOME HEALTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS (0.28 miles)
HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF CO SPGS (0.28 miles)
LIBERTY DIALYSIS - COLORADO SPRINGS SOUTH (0.26 miles)
MEMORIAL HOMECARE SERVICES (0.48 miles)
PRINTERS PLACE DIALYSIS CENTER (DVA) (0.09 miles)
SURGERY CENTER AT PRINTERS PARK (CO SPGS, 0.51 miles)
UNION PRINTERS HOME-LTC (0.53 miles)

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