Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation is a nursing home located in Albuquerque, New Mexico which has 641,349 people. Sporting an overall score of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. As far as we can see, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. One of the highlights of this facility's profile is its impressive short-term care score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility an A for our short-term care grade. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
In addition, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B in our nursing category. This is one of our better grades. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses were with residents, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next highest category we awarded this facility in any category came in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a C. In crafting our long-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's personal care services. One of the factors we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.044586 percent of its residents. This facility also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
The last category we assessed is inspections. We were surprised to find that this nursing home received such a poor inspection rating. We gave it a score of just D in this area. Clearly, this score is not on par with some of this nursing home's other category grades. Inspection scores relate to a facility's government inspection reports. Since this information is collected by independent inspectors, we tend to weight it pretty heavily. Our inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home was hit with a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more severe deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies uncovered by inspectors had potential to cause actual harm to patients. Lastly, we need to point out that this nursing home was assessed significant government fines of more than $50,000. This often indicates that CMS inspectors grew tired after several years of failed government inspections.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 12.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 3.5% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have sustained falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 27.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 18.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 0.7% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 98.66% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 8.97% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 9.44% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 9.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 12.21% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Albuquerque Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 65.2% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
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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Nearby Dialysis
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