CHERRELYN HEALTHCARE CENTER (LITTLETON, CO) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.900
Colorado:	0.914

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.990
Colorado:	0.722

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.890
Colorado:	1.632

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.110
State:	0.109

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.110
Colorado:	0.118

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

This Nursing Home:	10.2%
Colorado:	15.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	14.1%
State:	12.4%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

Here:	4.4%
Colorado:	5.2%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	10.2%
State:	7.7%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

This Nursing Home:	56.9%
Colorado:	46.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Nursing Home:	6.3%
State:	5.4%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

Here:	7.3%
State:	7.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

This Nursing Home:	15.4%
State:	7.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

Here:	0.7%
Colorado:	2.1%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	3.6%
State:	4.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	91.6%
State:	91.9%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	79.6%
State:	91.4%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	26.1%
State:	24.1%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Nursing Home:	30.1%
State:	83.9%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	23.1%
Colorado:	78.2%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	0.7%
State:	2.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	15.9%
State:	20.4%

Complaint Deficiency

Signs that state that exit doors are to be kept closed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
An approved back-up procedure for a faulty fire alarm system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide special eating equipment and utensils for each resident who needs them
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Conduct initial and periodic assessments of each resident's functional capacity
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper medical gas storage and administration areas
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death
- Harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety
- Scope: Few
1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper backup exit lighting
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Determine if it is safe for the resident to self-administer drugs
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Listen to the resident or family groups or act on their complaints or suggestions
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Approved construction type or materials
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Restrictions on the use of highly flammable materials
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper fire barriers, ventilation and signs for the transport of oxygen
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Let the resident refuse treatment or refuse to take part in an experiment and formulate advance directives
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
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
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Safely provide drugs and other similar products available, which are needed every day and in emergencies, by a licensed pharmacist
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep clinical records for 1) The length of time that is required by State law; or 2) Five years from the date of discharge when no requirement in State law
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly constructed linen or trash chutes
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Proper fire barriers, ventilation and signs for the transport of oxygen
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor and a family member of the resident of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some

CHERRELYN HEALTHCARE CENTER - LITTLETON, CO

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

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