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La Vida Llena

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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10501 Lagrima De Oro Ne,
Albuquerque NM 87111

(505) 296-6700

82% estimated occupancy 1

La Vida Llena is a small non-profit nursing home located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With an overall grade of B+, this facility is one of the 25 best nursing homes in New Mexico. You can definitely do much worse than this facility. This place was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Bariatric Care
  • Aquatic Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico badge

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Albuquerque, New Mexico badge

Best Nursing Home in Albuquerque, New Mexico Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico badge

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Albuquerque, New Mexico badge

Best Nursing Home in Albuquerque, New Mexico Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico badge

Best Nursing Home in New Mexico Awards 2021

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

One of the main reasons this proved to be a strong nursing home is that it received a very impressive long-term care score. This ended up being its best grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

An additional quality feature for this nursing home is that it was given a favorable short-term care grade. Indeed, this proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B+. In determining our short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is considered to be a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next area we graded is nursing, in which this nursing home was given a grade of B-. Even though this wound up being its worst category score, this is still not a bad grade. Our nursing score focuses on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of those nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, while this facility didn't rank well in terms of nursing hours per resident, it fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, this place performed better than average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

La Vida Llena Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In La Vida Llena, 6.45% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In La Vida Llena, 7.75% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In La Vida Llena, 2.5% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic can be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In La Vida Llena, 15.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In La Vida Llena, 9.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In La Vida Llena, 0.79% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression may reveal a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In La Vida Llena, 99.26% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In La Vida Llena, 7.84% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In La Vida Llena, 6.94% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In La Vida Llena, 6.94% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In La Vida Llena, 76.69% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Albuquerque, NM

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus

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