Colorado Plains Medical Center

Colorado Plains Medical Center sits in Fort Morgan and serves seniors and others with all kinds of health needs, offering a 50-bed acute-care hospital that's been accredited by The Joint Commission every year since 1954, and folks seem to notice how many services they manage to fit into one place because you can get inpatient and outpatient care, go to the 24-hour Emergency Room, or get help in the Level III Trauma Center if there's a big emergency. The place has a wide range of care like cardiology, surgical services, and general medicine, plus more specific help such as cancer screenings, cardiopulmonary care, diagnostic imaging, and wound care, and there's also women's health, labor and delivery for births, kids' pediatric care, and services for internal medicine or urology, so you can see they try to cover a lot. There's a Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit aimed at seniors, and they provide memory care for people with Alzheimer's or dementia, with routines and programs to help reduce confusion and wandering, and the staff offers help for people with serious mental illnesses or PTSD, using trauma therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, activity therapy, and more, and this can help both seniors and veterans, or those who are LGBT and need that support, because they want everyone to feel welcome. The center runs outpatient mental health services, partial hospitalization, medication management, family therapy, couple therapy, and case management, including for those who want to stop smoking since they screen for tobacco use, provide tobacco cessation counseling, offer nicotine replacement therapy, and even have non-nicotine options. There's a focus on keeping people healthy in the long run, with programs for chronic disease management, diet and exercise advice, and illness recovery, and they have integrated primary care so a person can get both their mental and physical needs checked on, which is something people sometimes want when getting older. Folks talk about the meals being nutritious and made with care, and the staff works to support health and enjoyment as people age, while the center itself has amenities to make patients more comfortable during their stay or visit. Colorado Plains Medical Center is in a part of town that comes with all sorts of amenities close by, like parks such as Riverside Park and Brush Memorial Park, seventeen restaurants, and three nearby pharmacies, plus a theater for outings or 23 places of worship for spiritual needs. People living here or their families can find skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, home care, and memory care services tied in with the community, and there are nearby transportation services, several cafes, five healthcare providers, and two other hospitals. The whole place caters to the senior population and offers many ways to get support, aiming for a patient-centered approach so each person's needs are met as best they can with the space and people they have.