Alpine Living Center

Health Inspections

Health Inspections
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Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 18
CO State Average: 9
U.S. Average: 6
CO Deficiencies Range: 1–30
Complaints & Incidents: 3
Updated April 18, 2013.

Our health inspections rating describes how well this home met health and safety standards for food preparation and other nursing-home activities in the latest three state inspections. Such inspections are conducted about every 15 months.

December 18, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration.
Some
Few
1/24/2013
Ensure that residents with limited range of motion receive appropriate treatment and services to increase range of motion or prevent further decrease in range of motion.
Some
Few
1/24/2013
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Some
Few
1/24/2013
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Low
Many
1/24/2013
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Low
Many
1/24/2013
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.
Low
Some
1/24/2013
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
Low
Some
1/24/2013
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Low
Some
1/24/2013
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
Low
Some
1/24/2013
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program for mentally-ill and mentally-retarded patients.
Low
Few
1/24/2013
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.
Low
Few
1/24/2013
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Low
Few
1/24/2013
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.
Low
Few
1/24/2013
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Low
Few
1/24/2013
Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.
Low
Few
1/24/2013
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Few
1/24/2013
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.
Low
Few
1/24/2013
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Low
Few
1/24/2013

October 24, 2011 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Low
Some
11/17/2011
Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
Low
Some
11/17/2011
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Some
11/17/2011
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident.
Low
Some
11/17/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
Low
Few
11/17/2011
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.
Low
Few
11/17/2011
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.
Low
Few
11/17/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Few
11/17/2011
Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.
Low
Few
11/17/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Low
Few
11/17/2011

March 26, 2010 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Low
Many
4/23/2010
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.
Low
Some
4/23/2010
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
Low
Some
5/4/2010
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Low
Some
5/7/2010
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.
Low
Few
5/4/2010
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Develop and implement policies for 1) screening and training employees; and the 2) prevention, identification, investigation, and reporting of any abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of property.
Low
Few
5/3/2010
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.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Low
Few
4/23/2010
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Low
Few
4/23/2010

August 25, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Maintain comfortable and safe temperature levels.
Low
Some
9/23/2011
Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status.
Some
Few
8/25/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Some
Few
9/23/2011

January 05, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Some
Few
2/4/2011
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Low
Some
2/4/2011
Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.
Low
Some
2/4/2011

October 15, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Few
11/12/2010

June 29, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Low
Few
Not Corrected
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
Low
Few
Not Corrected
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Low
Few
Not Corrected
Ensure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, unless medically necessary, and that incontinent patients receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder functions.
Low
Few
Not Corrected
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Few
Not Corrected

Note: Because of differences in calculation, all data may not match those shown on Nursing Home Compare, a website run by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS has approved the U.S. News methodology.

Last updated April 18, 2013.


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