Copper Ridge Inc

Programs: Personal care - copper ridge provides intermediate level of care when residents need help with activities of daily living, encouraging residents to function at the highest level of independence as possible. At its 60 personal care units, copper ridge had 20,027 personal care census days during the current year, which was approximately 55 personal care residents served per day.

skilled nursing - copper ridge provides quality nursing care in a comfortable health care center specializing in the care of residents who have medical needs in addition to or as a result of dementia. It offers physical, occupational, and speech therapies in addition to palliative care and hospice care for the terminally ill. At its 66 bed skilled nursing facility, copper ridge had 21,194 skilled nursing care census days during the current year, which was approximately 58 skilled nursing care residents served per day.

copper ridge extends charity care and other support to residents, who meet certain criteria under its benevolent care policy and are unable to pay for services, at all levels of care as needed and when appropriate without charge or at amounts less than its established rates. Because copper ridge does not pursue collection of amounts determined to be benevolent care, they are not reported as resident service revenues. Copper ridge maintains records to identify and monitor the level of benevolent care it provides. The estimated costs of providing benevolent care are based upon the direct and indirect costs identified with the specific benevolent care provided. The level of benevolent care provided amounted to approximately $3,041,000 in 2016 and $2,340,000 in 2015, including costs related to the medicaid program of approximately $3,040,000 in 2016 and $2,335,000 in 2015. A portion of these costs were subsidized by the resident assistance funds.