Health Center At Franklin Park

Health Center At Franklin Park - DENVER, CO

1535 PARK AVE, DENVER, CO 80218

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HEALTH CENTER:

HEALTH CENTER

has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:

Actual Harm Findingsi

On November 3, 2022, state nursing home surveyors found that HEALTH CENTER caused ACTUAL HARM to residents.

All Recent Surveys:   2022-11-03

In 5 separate written deficiencies, state nursing home surveyors found that HEALTH CENTER caused ACTUAL HARM to residents (from October 20, 2015 to November 3, 2022).

All Surveys:   2015-10-20   2020-09-17   2022-11-03

Worst Nursing Home Ratingsi

HEALTH CENTER received the worst ratings for the following:

1-star out of 5
For the last 7 consecutive months - January, 2023 to July, 2023

1-star out of 5
For the last 7 consecutive months - January, 2023 to July, 2023

Source - These ratings are published monthly by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

History of Unsafe Staffingi

Understaffing has a very human cost, not only to the dignity of nursing home residents but also to their basic safety and well-being. Click here for signs and symptoms of understaffing.

Understaffing has been determined to cause patient injury and deprive residents of essential care according to numerous scientific studies.

What is unsafe CNA staffing?

Below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day

"Less than 2.0 nurse aide hours per patient day is likely to result in poor care."

- CMS Report to Congress

What is inadequate CNA staffing?

Below 2.8 hours of CNA time for each resident per day

"Residents need a minimum of 2.80 hours of CNA care per day for safety and basic services.

- Institute of Medicine’s Keeping Patients Safe, 2004, and American Nurses Association’s Position Statement dated November 12, 2014

Was HEALTH CENTER staffed at Unsafe levels?:

Days staffed below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day In 2022: 80%
292 days
out of 365 days
In 2021: 64%
220 days
out of 344 days
In 2020: 75.1%
275 days
out of 366 days
In 2019: 55.3%
202 days
out of 365 days
In 2018: 28.5%
104 days
out of 365 days
In 2017: 63.3%
231 days
out of 365 days
Average CNA care
per resident per day
In 2022: 1.45 hours
January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2021: 1.78 hours
January 1, 2021 to December 10, 2021
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2020: 1.85 hours
January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2019: 1.96 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2018: 2.10 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2017: 1.92 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
Average overall care
per resident per day
In 2022: 3.05 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022)
In 2021: 3.80 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2021 to December 10, 2021)
In 2020: 3.92 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)
In 2019: 3.83 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019)
In 2018: 3.81 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018)
In 2017: 3.62 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)

Source — Payroll Based Journal daily staffing reports filed by this nursing home with CMS.
(For 2018, the most currently avaliable data is used above.)

Why do staffing levels matter to HEALTH CENTER residents?

  • 75.0% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
  • 68.4% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
  • 64.5% of residents had dementia
  • 47.4% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed

Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (October 20, 2016)

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