Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimons
Health Inspections
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Health Inspections
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Health Deficiencies
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| This Nursing Home: 4 | |
| CO State Average: 9 | |
| U.S. Average: 6 | |
| CO Deficiencies Range: 1–30 | |
| Complaints & Incidents: 4 | 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.
March 06, 2012 Health Inspection
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality. | 4/18/2012 | ||
| 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. | 4/18/2012 | ||
| Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly. | 4/18/2012 | ||
| Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | 4/18/2012 |
February 22, 2011 Health Inspection
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. | 4/1/2011 | ||
| Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality. | 3/23/2011 | ||
| Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. | 3/23/2011 | ||
| Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | 3/25/2011 | ||
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident. | 3/30/2011 | ||
| 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. | 3/23/2011 | ||
| Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment. | 3/25/2011 | ||
| Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses. | 4/1/2011 | ||
| Provide housekeeping and maintenance services. | 3/24/2011 |
November 24, 2009 Health Inspection
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | 11/24/2009 | ||
| 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. | 1/8/2010 | ||
| 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. | 12/23/2009 | ||
| Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | 1/1/2010 | ||
| Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| 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. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| Provide housekeeping and maintenance services. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| Review or revise the resident's care plan after any major change in physical or mental health. | 12/23/2009 | ||
| Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident. | 1/4/2010 | ||
| 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. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| 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. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents. | 1/1/2010 | ||
| Ensure residents maintain acceptable nutritional status. | 12/29/2009 | ||
| Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | 1/4/2010 | ||
| Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene. | 1/1/2010 |
March 06, 2012 Complaints & Incidents
| Nursing Home Failed To: | Possible or Actual Harm | Residents Affected | Date Fixed |
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| Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly. | 4/18/2012 | ||
| Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality. | 4/18/2012 | ||
| Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | 4/18/2012 | ||
| 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. | 4/18/2012 |
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.
