Nursing Home Injury Laws: Colorado
Number of nursing homes in Colorado : 212 Patients living in Colorado nursing homes: 16,358 Occupancy rates of Colorado nursing homes: 82% Average number of deficiencies at each Colorado nursing home: 16.4 Percent of Colorado nursing homes with serious deficiencies for actual harmto patient: 42.5% Most common deficiencies at Colorado nursing homes: Accident Environment, Professional Standards, Quality of Care Distribution of ownership of Colorado nursing homes: 62% for profit, 20% non profit, 9% government Most populated cities in Colorado: Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Fort Collins Staffing levels at Colorado nursing homes (daily hours): ): Above average, 4.0total staff, 1.7licensed...
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Questions Persist Regarding Unexplained Fractures & Cuts On Nursing Home Patient
After finding their mother, Ms. Angela Guerra, with deep facial cuts and a fractured eye socket, the son and daughter still do not have a clear explanation of her injuries. Ms. Guerra is a 57-year old woman suffering from dementia and is a resident of Woodridge Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Adams County, Colorado. The nursing home is a 95-bed facility that houses many patients suffering from dementia (problems with brain functions that result in memory loss and difficulty communicating), which puts these residents at increased risk of abuse and neglect. The Medicare website gave Woodridge an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, which is a below average rating. Moreover,...
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Colorado Invalidates Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements Signed By Healthcare Proxies
The Colorado Supreme Court handed down a decision in the matter of Lujan v. Life Care Centers of America that invalidates nursing home arbitration agreements entered into by a healthcare proxy. The Colorado Court held that the power to make medical decisions is different from the ability to consent settle disputes via a private system-- as in done in nursing home cases with mandatory arbitration agreements. In Lujan, Estella Lujan's son admitted her to a Life Care Center in Colorado and signed off on an arbitration agreement along with other admission paperwork. Three days after Ms. Lujan's admission to Life...
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Colorado Jury Sides With Family Of Nursing Home Resident In Fall Lawsuit
A Colorado jury has awarded $375,000 the the family of a deceased nursing home resident. The family of Doris Wolf brought a lawsuit against Spring Healthcare Center and Sava Senior Care, the parent company for injuries she sustained in a fall while a resident at the facility. According to the Colorado Department of Public Health, Ms. Wolf was admitted to Spring Healthcare Center for rehabilitation following surgery on her back. The day Ms. Wolf was to go home, she fell in the bathroom. Apparently, Ms. Wolf used her call button to ask the nursing home staff for assistance in using...
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Nurse's Assistant Punches & Runs
A certified nurses assistant (CNA) is now behind bars following a brutal episode at Ashley Manor, a Colorado nursing home. According to local police, 23-year-old Kalen Randolph stuck an Alzheimer's patient multiple times before fleeing the facility altogether and leaving all the residents of the facility unattended. The 74-year-old victim suffered injuries to his head, ear and hand. Mr. Randolph is charged with eight counts of neglect and one count of second degree assault. Read more about this incident of nursing home abuse here. How do things like this happen in facilities today? How can a facility allow one person...
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