Canyon Transitional Rehabilitation Center
10101 Lagrima De Oro Road Ne, Albuquerque NM 87111 · (505) 298-1231 · 82.56% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Canyon Transitional Rehabilitation Center is located in the densely populated metropolitan area of Albuquerque, New Mexico which has a total of 641,349 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. This nursing home didn't meet our expectations in all of our categories, but it did not receive any rock-bottom grades either. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 74 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home an A+ for our short-term care score. This score is much more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more than seven hours of care per week from registered nurses to each resident. This is really the gold standard in this area, as it's about 50% higher than the average facility's level of registered nurse staffing. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in New Mexico with 69.7 percent of its residents returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents return home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B. In calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This place provides an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of this total, nearly one fourth of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is among the most highly skilled levels of nurses. Finally, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing ratings. This facility was on the weaker side in several of the metrics we assess, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
Moving on to our inspection category, we gave this facility just a D. Our inspection grades factor in many items found on the nursing home's inspection reports. If you see too many deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is generally the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This particular nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we found is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility also received 3 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the next area, we awarded this facility a grade of D in our long-term care category. This was the nursing home's least impressive category score. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 94.91525 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this place also was not as bad as we expected at keeping its patients out of the hospital. While it had 1.78 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score wasn't bad since it had some more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Canyon Transitional Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better