Westlake Care Community

Health Inspections

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

September 27, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.	Some	Few	10/31/2012
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Some	10/31/2012
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	10/31/2012

June 16, 2011 Health Inspection

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.	Some	Few	7/25/2011
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Many	7/25/2011
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Low	Some	7/25/2011
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Some	7/25/2011
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
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	7/25/2011
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program for mentally-ill and mentally-retarded patients.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Help and prepare each resident for a safe and easy discharge or transfer from the nursing home.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	7/25/2011

January 28, 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	3/5/2010
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	3/5/2010
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	Some	3/10/2010
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.	Low	Some	3/10/2010
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	3/5/2010
Provide residents with private access to a telephone.	Low	Some	3/5/2010
Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.	Low	Some	3/5/2010
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.	Low	Few	3/5/2010
Upon the death of a resident, convey the residentâs personal funds and an accounting of those funds to the appropriate party.	Low	Few	3/10/2010
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	3/5/2010
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	3/5/2010
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Low	Few	3/5/2010
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	3/5/2010
Develop a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.	Low	Few	3/5/2010
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Few	3/10/2010
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.	Low	Few	3/10/2010

September 27, 2012 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.	Low	Few	10/31/2012

June 16, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.	Low	Few	7/25/2011
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	7/25/2011

August 31, 2010 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.	Low	Few	10/12/2010
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Some	Few	10/12/2010

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.