Western Hills Health Care Center

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Mar 20, 2024

• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 20, 2024

• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 20, 2024

• Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 20, 2024

• Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Mar 20, 2024

• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Dec 29, 2022

• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

  Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

• Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.

  Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Jul 29, 2021

Western Hills Health Care Center offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.

Western Hills Health Care Center has not published its pricing. For context, communities in Lakewood that publish rates start around $3,540 per month at the median. Final costs depend on care needs and apartment selection, so contact the community for a quote.

Western Hills Health Care Center is located at 1625 Carr St in Lakewood, Colorado.

Most reviewers describe Western Hills as a friendly, clean skilled nursing and rehab facility where staff and therapists go out of their way to help residents recover, and several mention resident dogs that bring extra warmth to the building. A smaller but serious set of reviews describe missed medications, delayed pain relief, unaddressed wounds, and a fall injury, raising concerns about consistency of care and communication during busier shifts.

Western Hills Health Care Center had 3 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 21 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.

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