With an address in Belen, New Mexico, Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is the only nursing home we found in the area. Featuring an overall score of C, this looks like a respectable nursing home. This facility has a few things going for it. The best part of this nursing home's report card is is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
It should also be noted that this nursing home's nursing score outpaced its overall grade. We gave it a B for its nursing grade, which is one of our better scores. In computing our nursing ratings, we assess both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we awarded this facility a B in our short-term care category. This is one of our better scores. With our short-term care rating, we endeavor to forge a valuable gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home's inspection rating also was quite a bit better than its overall grade. Due to a strong inspection report this year, it earned one of our better scores in that category with a B. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our next area, we gave this nursing home a grade of D for the area of long-term care. This is the facility's weakest category grade. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.08% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.47% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 16.78% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 13.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.19% of Patients
This is the percent of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 88.36% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 16.72% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 18.98% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.28 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 18.98 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15.18 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Belen Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 65.79% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
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