Autumn Heights Health Care Center

Health Inspections

Health Inspections
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Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 20
CO State Average: 9
U.S. Average: 6
CO Deficiencies Range: 1–30
Complaints & Incidents: 7
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.

February 09, 2012 Health Inspection

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
3/20/2012
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.
Low
Many
3/20/2012
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Low
Many
3/20/2012
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Some
3/20/2012
Listen to the resident groups and act on their complaints and suggestions that affect resident care and life.
Low
Some
3/20/2012
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.
Low
Some
3/20/2012
Provide residents with private access to a telephone.
Low
Some
3/20/2012
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Low
Some
3/20/2012
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Low
Some
3/20/2012
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Honor a residents' rights as a residents of the nursing home, free of coercion and reprisal, and as citizens or residents of the united states.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Give or get specialized rehabilitative services per the patient's assessment or plan of care.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
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.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Low
Few
3/20/2012
Ensure residents have the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules, and health care according to their interests, assessments, and plans of care.
Low
Few
3/20/2012

June 21, 2010 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status.
Some
Few
8/4/2010
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Some
Few
8/13/2010
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Low
Many
8/4/2010
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.
Low
Many
8/4/2010
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.
Low
Some
8/4/2010
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
Some
8/4/2010
Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being.
Low
Some
8/4/2010
Listen to the resident groups and act on their complaints and suggestions that affect resident care and life.
Low
Some
8/4/2010
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Some
8/4/2010
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident.
Low
Some
8/4/2010
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Review or revise the resident's care plan after any major change in physical or mental health.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Provide written records when a resident is transferred or discharged.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
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.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
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
8/13/2010
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Low
Few
8/4/2010
Ensure residents have the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules, and health care according to their interests, assessments, and plans of care.
Low
Few
8/4/2010

April 23, 2009 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
5/14/2009
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
5/26/2009
Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.
Low
Few
5/22/2009
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Low
Few
5/25/2009
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Few
5/26/2009
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards.
Low
Few
5/27/2009
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
5/14/2009
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Low
Few
8/4/2009
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Low
Few
5/26/2009

August 28, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Help and prepare each resident for a safe and easy discharge or transfer from the nursing home.
Low
Few
9/27/2012
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.
Low
Some
9/27/2012
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.
Low
Few
9/27/2012
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.
Some
Few
9/27/2012
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Some
Few
9/27/2012
Listen to the resident groups and act on their complaints and suggestions that affect resident care and life.
Low
Some
9/27/2012
Keep each resident free from drugs that restrain them, unless needed for medical treatment.
Low
Few
9/27/2012

February 09, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
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
Few
3/20/2012
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.
Some
Few
3/20/2012

June 21, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
Listen to the resident groups and act on their complaints and suggestions that affect resident care and life.
Low
Some
Not Corrected
Have enough nurses to care for every resident in a way that maximizes the resident's well being.
Low
Some
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
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.
Low
Few
Not Corrected
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Low
Few
Not Corrected
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Low
Few
Not Corrected

March 10, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To: Possible or Actual Harm Residents Affected Date Fixed
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.
Low
Few
4/14/2010
Provide routine and emergency drugs through a licensed pharmacist and only under the general supervision of a licensed nurse.
Low
Some
4/15/2010

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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